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WEST HAVEN, Weber County — Hazmat crews responded to reports of an oily substance in a canal Saturday morning.
"An individual walking their dog noticed an oily substance in the canal and reported it," Fire Marshal Brandon Thueson, of the Weber Fire District, said in a statement.
Investigators who responded to the scene at 4400 South and 4700 West believe the substance was diesel fuel, and that it came into the canal through the storm drain system.
Crews were able to contain the spill by using "absorbent materials designed to stop the flow of hazardous material," Thueson's statement said.
The exact source of the material has not been found.
Thueson said this is a good reminder not to pour hazardous materials of any kind in gutters or storm drains.
