LYNN — The Blossom Street Extension COVID-19 testing site was closed Friday while a diesel fuel leak from a generator was cleaned up, a Lynn Fire Department spokesman said.
Fire Capt. Joseph Zukas said testing was initially able to continue while firefighters spread SpeedyDry, an oil absorbent, on the spill and set up portable dykes to contain it, but operations at the site were later halted for the remainder of the day.
“Basically, it was a fuel leak. It was a minimal leak.” Zukas said.
He said two of the four testing bays were shut down while the cleanup continued and that the Lynn Water & Sewer Commission was contacted and responded to the leak.
In a statement, Mayor Thomas M. McGee said the Lynn Fire Department, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, and Clean Harbors had contained the leak and were working to clean the site with the hope that testing would be able to resume Saturday.
“Thank you for your patience during this unanticipated situation,” McGee said.
The free regional express testing center was opened last month by the state and equipped to perform up to 2,000 COVID-19 tests per day. The site, which is operated by Project Beacon and will remain open through at least March 31, is located in the parking lot off the Lynnway once used for the former Lynn-Boston ferry.
By mid-afternoon Friday, the mayor said Project Beacon was working to reschedule all missed appointments, including rebooking appointments at the company’s other regional testing sites in Framingham and Revere.
Anyone who had an appointment should check the Project Beacon website: app.beacontesting.com.
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