Cleanup underway at Tanzanite Park in Sacramento for diesel spill

Crews are working to clean up a diesel spill at a park in the North Natomas area of ​​Sacramento. The spill happened at Tanzanite Park, near Interstate 80 and Interstate 5. The park is shut down during the cleanup. A report from the Office of Emergency Services shows a 10,000-gallon tank had a “malfunction,” and the diesel was released onto the concrete loading dock and into a storm drain. The source of the leak has been stopped. Wildlife care specialists are on the scene and have already taken two birds for care. The specialists are walking along the banks looking for other birds, and say the fish should be OK because oil stays toward the top of the water. The Sacramento Fire Department is testing the air quality in the area because the spill happened near a neighborhood.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

Crews are working to clean up a diesel spill at a park in the North Natomas area of ​​Sacramento.

The spill happened at Tanzanite Park, near Interstate 80 and Interstate 5. The park is shut down during the cleanup.

A report from the Office of Emergency Services shows a 10,000-gallon tank had a “malfunction,” and the diesel was released onto the concrete loading dock and into a storm drain.

The source of the leak has been stopped. Wildlife care specialists are on the scene and have already taken two birds for care. The specialists are walking along the banks looking for other birds, and say the fish should be OK because oil stays toward the top of the water.

The Sacramento Fire Department is testing the air quality in the area because the spill happened near a neighborhood.