Police and firefighters in Tamaqua responded to a fuel spill around 6 p.m. Tuesday that stretched about 100 feet on Center Street, SR309, in Tamaqua. Reportedly, while pumping gas at the Fegley's gas station on Center Street, an unknown female, driving a blue Crown Victorian, started to leak fuel and formed a large puddle of fuel from her vehicle. She then exited the gas station and parked across the street in front of the diner, where she continued to leak a large amount of fuel.

The driver, still leaking fuel, then drove away, heading north on SR309.Tamaqua Fire Police traced the path of the fuel, which continued about 100 feet, into a dirt parking lot next to the M & T Bank, where the vehicle was found without the driver.American Hose Company volunteers cleaned the spill while fire police directed traffic.