The Point Fortin Mayor Kennedy Richards Jr. held talks with Heritage CEO Arlene Chow as well as other Heritage officials this morning outside Atlantic LNG, to bring a resolution following the spill from the erupted tank which was undergoing an Engineered Hydrotest to assess the integrity of Tank A failure in the walls of the tank occurred which caused the leak last Sunday evening.
Clean up operations is taking place outside of the affected areas. Contractors employed with Heritage to do clean up operations have agreed to employ some residents within the affected area during the cleanup exercise. Due to the strong smell emanating from the spill, some residents were asked to desist from cooking. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Point Fortin has agreed to supply meals to the persons in the affected area and Heritage has indicated that they will provide hampers to persons in the affected area as well.
