Source: https://www.civilbeat.org/, May 5, 2023
By: Christina Jedra

Failures by a defense contractor and lax oversight by the Navy led to the release of 1,300 gallons of toxic firefighting chemicals at the Red Hill fuel facility in November, according to an investigation the military released Friday afternoon.

The contractor, Kinetix, botched the installation of a valve in the fire suppression system in April 2022, the investigator found. Months later, during a test of the system, the company’s workers failed to turn off pumps that would release concentrated firefighting foam from that same valve. Read more.