WPCNR COUNTY CLARION-LEDGER. From Westchester County Department of Communications. (EDITED)January 24, 2007: As of 4 PM White Plains Police report the Lexington Avenue and Fisher Avenue  intersection remains closed to traffic as a result of this morning's gasoline spill. Westchester County officials have reported the cause of the spill as an overflow from a second tank during the resupply process.  According to an official statement from the county Ireleased within the hour:

"The spill occurred at 124 South Lexington Ave. early this morning as the fuel was being delivered. A service station employee pumped gasoline into a tank, which flowed into a second tank that overfilled.  The gasoline spilled out the vent pipes, onto the roof of at least one neighboring business, Efficiency Printing Company nc, and into several storm water drains on South Lexington Avenue.

Hazardous materials experts from Westchester County responded to this morning’s gas spill in White Plains, helping city firefighters and a contractor install booms along the Bronx River.

The booms, or floating barriers, have been placed as far south as the border of Eastchester and Scarsdale, where levels of gasoline were detected in the water. The booms appeared to be helping contain the spill, said County Executive Andy Spano.

“A gasoline spill like this can quickly become a regional problem,” Spano said. “That is why we immediately sent all of our resources, including Health and Emergency Services, to help contain the damage and protect the public.”

Peter Pitocco, chief of the county’s Haz Mat team, and John Jackson, deputy commissioner of Emergency Services, were called to help advise the White Plains firefighters working to contain the spill. Jackson thought the spill might have spread down the Bronx River and asked the county’s Emergency Communications Center, known as 60 Control, to contact the Scarsdale Fire Department. As the gasoline was detected, two members of the county Health Department’s Environmental Hazards Response team, along with White Plains firefighters and contractors hired by White Plains, helped install booms as far south as the Eastchester-Scarsdale border.

Ronald Gatto, director of the county police’s Environmental Security Unit, also responded and offered his unit to help White Plains with the investigation. Emergency Services has also offered assistance.