Did a tiny part cause a major wastewater treatment plant fire?

An under- or over-tightened connector may have allowed a spray of engine fuel onto a hot surface

News media are reporting that the New York City Department of Environmental Protection suspects a nut linking a fuel injector and a pump on a diesel engine may have caused a four-alarm fire at a wastewater treatment plant in Harlem last July, after which millions of gallons of...

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