1:45 p.m.
Fire officials called the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to the scene of a HAZMAT this morning outside Manassas.
Prince William County authorities said a petroleum product was found in the Linden Lake storm water management pond, a tributary to Bull Run. Crews placed booms in the water to minimize the impact from the petroleum product.
There is no threat to the public and no one was injured, according to authorities.
9:45 a.m.
Firefighters observed a light, rainbow sheen on the small stream tributaries leading into the Bull Run river this morning.
Crews used booms to mitigate whatever substance is in the water. The substance also has a light odor, according to Prince William County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Thomas Jarman.
8:30 a.m.
Fire and rescue crews are investigating a suspicious substance found in a creek near Manassas.
Crews were called at 7:45 a.m. to Coppermine Drive for a HAZMAT. Since then, crews have checked a creek from the area of Coppermine Drive, near the intersection of Sudley Road and Interstate 66, all the way to Bull Run Park in Fairfax County, according to initial reports.
The substance is described as some type of “product” that has produced a sheen on the waters of the creek, as well as produced an odor, according to initial reports.
“At this point, still investigating where the Point of Origin is and what the substance is,” said Prince William fire and rescue spokeswoman Kim Hylander said.
The substance has been found in areas along Ambassador Drive and Sudley Road, as well as across from that area next to the Aviation Institute of Maintenance building, according to initial reports.
Fairfax County dispatched a HAZMAT crew to assist Prince William County authorities on the call. We’ll more on this as it becomes available.
