DENVER — At least 46 stations across the state are believed to have received the contaminated fuel, according to an updated list released by the state Wednesday.
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE)’s Division of Oil and Public Safety (OPS) has received more than 600 complaints and counting from people who believe they were impacted by the “unprecedented” fuel contamination, officials said a virtual presser Wednesday.
People who filled up between the evening of Jan. 8 and the morning of Jan. 9 at stations on the list may have been impacted. All the fuel has now been replaced, officials said.
Here is the latest updated list of Colorado stations from OPS:
- Big D Oil Co. #64 — 8214 6th St, Wellington
- Bowmar Gas — 5200 S Lowell Blvd, Littleton
- Broadway Cardlock — 6185 Broadway, Denver
- Castle Pines King Soopers #691 — 7296 Lagae Rd, Castle Rock
- Circle K #2706475 — 6702 N Tower Rd, Denver
- Circle K Store #2706786 — 202 S Briggs St., Erie
- Circle K Store #2709854 — 1600 S Colorado Blvd, Denver
- Circle K Store #2709880 — 7701 E Orchard Rd, Greenwood Village
- Circle K Store #2741185 — 5390 W 112th Ave, Westminster
- Coal Mine Gas Express — 9819 W Coal Mine Ave, Littleton
- Costco Gasoline #1014 — 5897 Barnes Rd, Colorado Springs
- Costco Gasoline #1022 — 18414 Cottonwood Dr, Parker
- Costco Gasoline #1027 — 4000 River Point Pkwy, Sheridan
- Costco Gasoline #1178 — 4665 Weitzel St, Timnath
- Costco Gasoline #1652 — 4741 North Airport Way Building 2, Denver
- Costco Gasoline #439 — 1405 S Havana St, Aurora
- Costco Gasoline #440 — 6400 W 92nd Ave, Westminster
- Costco Gasoline #443 — 8050 W Quincy Ave, Littleton
- Costco Gasoline #468 — 8686 Park Meadows Center Dr, Lone Tree
- Costco Gasoline #480 — 600 Marshall Rd, Superior
- Costco Gasoline #629 — 16375 N Washington St, Thornton
- Costco Gasoline #676 — 5175 Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada
- Farmers Korner Gas — 16115 Hwy 9, Breckenridge
- Johnstown C-Store — 106 E South 1st St, Johnstown
- K & D Enterprise Inc — 1490 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood
- King Soopers #86 Fuel Facility — 5275 W 120th Ave, Broomfield
- King Soopers Fuel Center #107 — 25751 E Smoky Hill Rd, Aurora
- King Soopers Fuel Center #137 — 14887 Candelas Pkwy, Arvada
- King Soopers Fuel Center #49 — 2351 S Buckley Rd, Aurora
- King Soopers Fuel Center #607 — 1470 S Sheridan Blvd, Denver
- King Soopers Fuel Center #675 — 13057 S Parker Rd, Parker
- King Soopers Fuel Center #702 — 1619 Pace St, Longmont
- King Soopers Fuel Facility #718 — 2395 W 136th Ave, Broomfield
- King Soopers Fueling Facility #732 — 750 N Ridge Rd, Castle Rock
- Murphy Express #8621 — 13001 Copperhead Trail, Parker
- R B Food And Gas — 11010 E 120th Ave, Henderson
- S&S Fuels #302 — 9171 E Arapahoe Rd, Greenwood Village
- Safeway — 27102 Main St, Conifer
- Safeway Fuel #2913 — 2451 S Taft Hill Rd, Fort Collins
- Safeway Fuel Center #1635 — 10300 Federal Blvd, Federal Heights
- Safeway Fuel Center #1873 — 9640 Washington St, Thornton
- Safeway Fuel Center #4614 — 8206 Weld CR 13, Firestone
- Singh Food and Sinclair — 213 18th St, Greeley
- Stinker Store #333 — 13700 E Quincy Ave, Aurora
- Twin Star Energy #2 — 3550 Downing St, Denver
- West Evans Sinclair — 2110 S Federal Blvd, Denver
Denver7 has compiled the affected gas stations in the map below:
Customers who received contaminated fuel — and experienced engine damage as a result — can begin a reimbursement process at the gas station where they filled up, officials said in a Wednesday news conference.
Those who believe they received contaminated fuel should first return to the gas station where they received the fuel to file a report, officials said. The gas station owner should then work with Sinclair on the reimbursement process.
“If they have receipts or anything that they can demonstrate that they did purchase the fuel from that location, that would be great,” Cher Haavind, CDLE's deputy executive director and chief communications officer, said.
Consumers should also report the issue to the OPS — especially if the gas station says they did not receive the contaminated fuel.
“It would not be unusual if a consumer returned to a retailer and they are either unaware of the contamination or unclear on what are the next steps to receive the consumer complaint,” Haavind said. “That's our priority within the division right now, is making sure that those smaller owners are aware they do have an obligation to receive the complaint, and that is what triggers our team to work with that owner on ensuring those consumers are made whole.”
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The list of impacted locations, which includes locations provided Tuesday evening to CDLE by Sinclair, is published on CDLE’s website. The list includes Costcos, King Soopers, Safeways and smaller gas stations across 11 counties. OPS is currently working to cross-check Sinclair’s list against the list they’ve put together from consumer complaints.
“With the publication of this list… if you bought fuel at facilities that are on the published list during that time period or since, and the gas station is not cooperating, get in touch with us,” Zach Hope, petroleum program manager for OPS, said. “We can certainly help encourage them to honor the claim, especially now that we have a list and we all can point to it and say, ‘Sinclair believes you got bad fuel. It's time to honor claims.’”
People who received contaminated fuel would have started experiencing engine performance issues, such as sputtering and stalling, almost immediately after driving away from the gas station, Haavind said. Engine issues that are just now showing up are probably not related to the fuel contamination, but can still be reported to OPS, she said.
"We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this situation has caused," Corinn Smith, Sinclair's senior director of corporate communications, wrote in an email to Denver7. "As soon as we became aware that a batch of fuel delivered from the Denver terminal between the afternoon of January 7 and the morning of January 8 did not meet specifications, we immediately took action to isolate the issue. Bulk customers and distributors were notified by 8:30 a.m. that morning, and sales of the impacted product were halted."
Smith said a thorough review is underway and that the company is "taking appropriate steps to prevent this from happening again."
Officials are still investigating the point of contamination.
The customer complaint form, which is also available in Spanish, can be found here.
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