Imperial Oil personnel responded to an “operating issue” at their Sarnia site this evening.
Company officials say as a result of the issue there was visible flaring.
There were no reports of injuries.
“The issue occurred at approximately 6:20 p.m.” the company said in a statement.
“The site’s emergency warning sirens were activated to alert personnel onsite to respond. The Sarnia CVECO organization has been notified and Imperial has also notified the City of Sarnia. Shortly after responding to the operating issue, Imperial fire response personnel assisted in extinguishing a grass fire on public property to the south of Imperial’s site.”
Imperial Oil officials say they will investigate the cause of the operating issue and personnel will work to restore normal operations as safely and quickly as possible.
The company said they have notified the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change as well.
The incident caused a stir on social media, as multiple videos were posted to Facebook from residents in Michigan.
– Photo credit: Lisa Pugliano Mrowiec, Facebook
