PFD responds to propane spill

POLSON — Polson fire and police departments responded to Delaney’s Landscape and Garden Center around 1:30 a.m. last Wednesday morning when a 1,000 gallon propane tank tipped over outside.

According to Fire Chief John Fairchild, the cement block that was supporting the recently filled tank had sunk into the mud, causing the tank to roll and break away from the attached fuel line that led into the building.

“We had liquid propane all over,” he said. “The potential for a real disaster was very high until it was mitigated.”

Fairchild said that liquid propane is quick to dissipate into the atmosphere, and the cloud had carried quite a distance away, but due to a rapid response, and aided by the cold morning air and early morning desolation, it all went off very well and “we were very fortunate.”