Burnaby s mayor and council are demanding answers – and looking to be reimbursed for a $30,000 firefighting bill – after an incident at the Parkland Refinery that prompted a public safety advisory and an air quality bulletin.
The leader of the BC Green Party says that provincial and municipal officials' slow response to a late January "incident" at a Vancouver-area refinery that smothered parts of Metro Vancouver in a hydrocarbon haze is cause for concern.
Council in Burnaby BC wants Parkland Refinery to compensate for the fire department staff time during an incident causing a foul smell across Vancouver.
Parkland has temporarily shut down its Burnaby refinery after running into an unspecified issue while trying to restart the facility after a recent bout of cold weather.