Pouring Gas On Wet Ball Field Leads To $50,000 Damages

RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say it may value over $50,000 to restore a Connecticut baseball diamond the place anyone dumped gasoline and set it on hearth to dry out the infield.

Police are investigating the hearth in Ridgefield through which 25 gallons of gasoline was poured on the sector Saturday.

First Selectman Rudy Marconi instructed Hearst Connecticut Media that 75 to 100 individuals watched because it occurred, with some recording video on their cellphones. The city’s highschool baseball workforce had been planning to host Amity on the sector.

Workers from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection responded. A hazardous waste removing crew started digging up the contaminated soil Sunday, and Marconi says the spill workforce will transfer it off web site this week.