By christina jedra / september 5, 2025 Information about the 2021 and 2014 fuel releases at the red hill bulk fuel storage facility in hawai'i and their environmental impacts. Two civilians accused of lying about the scope of the red hill fuel disaster pleaded not guilty in federal court, and clean water advocates say the alleged conspiracy is much deeper. Red hill red hill fuel pump room u.s The red hill response began after a november 20th, 2021, jet fuel leak in hawaii Cdc and the agency for toxic substances and disease registry (atsdr) supported the hawaii department of health (hdoh) and hawaii poison center.
A series of key events took place between the first fuel leak in may 2021 and march 2024, when over 60,000 gallons of residual fuel was removed from red hill Those events included a second fuel leak in november 2021, the accidental release of afff concentrate in november 2022, and several actions taken by dod and the navy to address the issues and ultimately defuel red hill The fuel will flow downhill through pipelines for 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) to tanker ships The red hill facility is being drained and closed after it leaked fuel into a drinking water well and poisoned 6,000 people two years ago A grand jury has indicted two civilian workers on charges they caused the navy to provide the hawaiʻi department of health with false information about jet fuel that spilled from a pearl harbor storage facility The indictment alleges john floyd and nelson wu provided the navy with inaccurate information about a may 2021 spill, which occurred six months before the fuel got in the drinking water.
