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Melvindale, MI Police Department
Thursday September 12th, 2019 :: 03:26 p.m. EDT

Alert

There is an issue at the Marathon Petroleum Facility, which is located in the area of Schaefer Hwy/Fort St/Oakwood Blvd.

Update:  3:00 pm;  there has not been any orders to evacuate.  Situation is under control.

Update:

Situation is under control; however, avoid the area, due to the roadway being closed.

Detroit Fire is assisting Marathon Fire with a propane leak.

There is an issue at the Marathon Petroleum Facility, which is located in the area of Schaefer Hwy/Fort St/Oakwood Blvd, in the City of Detroit.  There is some type of leak at their facility and we do not any further information at this time. 

Schaefer Hwy and the I-ramps are being shut down. 

We will update when we figure out what is exactly going on.  Our FD and PD is working with Marathon officials at this time.

Instructions:

Further information to follow

Address/Location
Melvindale, MI Police Department
3100 Oakwood
Melvindale, MI 48122

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 313-429-1070

John Allen
Police
[email protected]
313-429-1070

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Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
General emergency and public safety
Event:
Gas Leak

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