About 1,300 gallons of toxic fire suppressant leaked at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage site near Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on Nov. 29, 2022.
The crisis has affected more than 9,000 Navy, Army and Air Force households at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and the Army’s Aliamanu Military Reservation and Red Hill communities, which are on the Navy water system.
As officials flush the petroleum contaminants out of the system, some families have been offered hotel rooms; others will receive temporary lodging allowance.