The Maverik gas station in Montrose, Colorado, can’t sell any diesel after someone dumped an RV’s waste tank into the station’s underground diesel supply, according to a report by the Cowboy State Daily.
The incident happened sometime on Monday, and a woman who answered the phone at the Montrose Maverik station on Tuesday confirmed that someone had dumped an RV waste tank into its underground diesel storage tank.
She said the pumps “are shut down right now,” that the store was busy, and hung up.
Cowboy State Daily hasn’t been able to confirm the status of the situation at the Montrose Maverik since that call. Subsequent calls weren’t answered.
Evan Peters shared details of the incident in the Facebook group Montrose Message Board.
“They dumped into the large manhole covers near the road directly into the diesel tank,” he wrote. “They have a dedicated dump at the larger pumps, but I guess someone decided to undo the manhole and dump there.”
To add insult to injury, Peters said a cashier at the Montrose Maverik told him the station had “just gotten a new delivery of diesel.”
Now, they’ll have to pump everything out of the tank and thoroughly clean it before it’s operational.
That’s what happens when someone’s No. 2 becomes someone else’s No. 1 problem.
Click here to read the full report by the Cowboy State Daily.
