Navy officials still not sure what caused spill of toxic fire suppressant at Red Hill facility

TL;DR - The military says it’s still trying to determine why over 1,100 gallons of highly toxic fire suppressant spilled at the Red Hill facility on Tuesday afternoon, triggering a large-scale cleanup effort.

Rear Admiral John Wade, commander of the Joint Task Force, said at a news conference Wednesday that the spill is “very concerning” and that he’s working to make sure a similar incident doesn’t happen again.

He added that the spill happened while the fire suppression system was undergoing preventative maintenance.

“We don’t know if it was a contributing factor or not,” Wade said. “My team and I must understand what happened. We’ve got to prevent incidents like this from happening again.”

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