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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 20° 15° 25° 17° 25° 18° 24° 19° Man to take on Ironman for charity Spotlight www.insidehalton.com MECHANICAL SERVICES AUTO AUTO AU TOPR PRO PR O OA OAKV OAKV KVIL ILLE E 2 2 Wyecroft Road, Oakv 221 kvill ille e autoprooakville.mechanicnet.com 905-469-2442 2 dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Thursday, August 27, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Large oil spill caused by pipe burst by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff The Oakville Fire Department and other authorities have con rmed that a large oil spill at the Vac Aero International Inc. facility in central Oakville Sunday afternoon was caused when a pipe burst. Of cials initially estiWe put down mated 25,000-35,000 litres absorbent pads and of cooling oil escaped the diking material in breach, which happened at the creek to try and 2:30 p.m. at the company's stop this stuff from 1371 Speers Rd. property. Vac Aero International owing into the lake. Inc. President Scott Rush Chief Brian Durdin said Tuesday the gure is Deputy Fire Oakville Fire Department closer to 31,000 litres. "We had an unfortunate equipment failure Sunday afternoon and that caused an oil spill. It is quench oil, it's used in one of our processes here," said Rush. "The spill was identi ed relatively quickly and contained by our people here as much as they could. We called in an emergency clean-up company right away. At this point it is under control and it was under control as quickly as possible after it happened." Rush said Vac Aero, which employs around 85 people in Oakville and provides heat-treating services to a range Private and public work crews work into the night to contain a cooling oil spill that occurred at 1371 Speers Rd. Sunday afternoon. of customers, is taking every possible step to clean up the | photo by Andrew Collins ­ special to Oakville Beaver see Small on p. 4 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Real Estate Real Advice Real Results Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 1310 Lakeshore Road E, Oakville