Source: https://www.theledger.com/, August 5, 2020
By: Kathy Leigh Berkowitz

The investigation and cleanup of Winter Haven Hospital’s diesel fuel release into Lake Martha is ongoing, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection reported Wednesday.

A reported amount of 491 gallons of diesel was spilled into the lake when the hospital’s generator fuel valve malfunctioned in mid-July, leaving area residents alarmed at the intense smell and lake wildlife coated in the fuel, the FDEP said. Read more.