A heating oil delivery turned messy Tuesday afternoon, leading to the evacuation of a downtown Bethlehem building.
Fumes from the oil spill in the basement of 470-472 Main St., at the corner of West Market Street, led fire officials to evacuate the building. The ground floor houses Johnny’s Bagels & Deli, and The Snow Goose Gallery, and the upper floors are apartments.
City fire Chief Warren Achey said employees with the oil company would be cleaning up the spill, and were waiting on crews to extract the oil. No one was injured in the incident, and the heat to the building was turned off, Achey said.
Achey did not have the exact amount of oil that spilled, and said the length of time the building would be closed would depend on the clean-up efforts.
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