Pumps closed at Mapco gas station after water was found in fuel tank

OOLTEWAH, TN (WRCB) - People who filled up their gas tank with contaminated fuel called the state inspection's office to report the problem.

The Mapco gas station on Standifer Gap Road is still open, but all of its unleaded fuel pumps have been shut down because water was found inside the fuel tank.

According to an inspection report give to Channel 3, a state inspector shut down the unleaded fuel pumps last week because water contaminated both the storage tank and fuel.    The report shows five inches of water was found at the bottom of the fuel tank, and one of the fuel samples tested was about 80 percent water.

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