THE UNITED REFORMED Church of New Haven suffered an 800-gallon kerosene spill on Feb. 1 and a massive cleanup has been under way ever since.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
NEW HAVEN — When a group of churchgoers met at the United Reformed Church of New Haven on Feb. 1, they discovered that kerosene had sullied their place of worship. Approximately 800 gallons of the fuel burst from a storage tank in the church’s attic, dousing rooms in thick, toxic petroleum, and shutting the building down for services.
Two months later they are still dealing with the spill.
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