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Military has yet to reveal causes of Red Hill fire suppressant spills

COURTESY U.S. ARMY / DEC. 1
                                An estimated 1,300 gallons of concentrated aqueous film-forming foam spilled in November from a pipe at Red Hill, prompting a major environmental cleanup. Above, Navy employees put contaminated soil into a wheelbarrow as part of the spill recovery operation at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa.

COURTESY U.S. ARMY / DEC. 1

An estimated 1,300 gallons of concentrated aqueous film-forming foam spilled in November from a pipe at Red Hill, prompting a major environmental cleanup. Above, Navy employees put contaminated soil into a wheelbarrow as part of the spill recovery operation at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Halawa.