Diesel fuel was stored in an underground tank tied to an unleaded gasoline pump at a Circle K in Avon, Ohio, resulting in damages for 14 motorists.
One livid customer demanded the company compensate him for the expensive repairs his car required after the costly blunder
M ost people are concerned about finding cheap prices when they’re filling up at gas station pumps. However, there is often the nagging suspicion that the gas is somehow contami
I jumped in the car to start it up, and it just started sputtering. Lights started flashing, and there was a giant puff of white smoke.'
A Circle K gas station in Avon, Ohio, mistakenly swapped diesel and unleaded fuel, leaving customers with costly car repairs.
A week later, a spokesperson from Circle K confirmed that a gas delivery "mistake" was responsible for damaging the customers' cars. In a press release, the company said diesel fuel was erroneously deposited into the wrong underground tank.
Customers at a Circle K in northeast Ohio who recently went to gas up their vehicles filled their tanks not with the unleaded fuel they had selected, but diesel. The mishap, which was first ...
The mix-up happened Jan. 19 at the Circle K along Chester Road when diesel fuel was inadvertently poured into the underground storage tank for unleaded gasoline, and vice versa, according to a Monday statement from a Circle K spokesperson.
Scott Bauchmoyer, of Avon, knew there was something wrong when he tried to start his 2022 Jeep Wagoneer Monday morning.