BURLINGAME, Calif. (KGO) — Nearly 100 small businesses in Burlingame are part of a new class action lawsuit just filed against the owner of a gas station.
Authorities say the A&A Gas & Mart was responsible for gasoline leaking into electric vaults in early January causing power outages and road closures that lasted more than a week.
Small businesses in Burlingame say they’re still feeling the impact of extended power outages and the resulting road closures that happened in January.
John Kevranian owns Nuts for Candy and is the past president of the Broadway Burlingame Business Improvement District.
“I lost several thousand dollars this was not a one-day impact. This was an 11 to 12 days’ worth of impact, and we are still feeling it,” said Kevranian.
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The class action lawsuit is against A&A Gas and Mart and Mash Petroleum. The suit represents 100 small stores and restaurants along the Broadway Corridor including Maverick Jack’s.
“Our customers weren’t able to get to us. Our product was sitting on our shelves without power,” said owner Michel Mallie.
The gasoline leak was discovered in early January, in an AT&T underground electrical vault near California Drive and Broadway.
A week earlier, another petroleum product was discovered leaking into a PG&E vault.
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Crews shut down streets as they worked to fix the issue, creating big headaches for business owners.
“We’ve had zero contact from those responsible. They’re right across the street as you can see. No phone calls. We’re supposed to be neighbors,” said Mallie.
The complaint pointed out about two dozen underground tank violations at the gas station over the years.
Attorney Nanci Nishimura says the station was negligent.
“The fact that they allowed this leak to happen. It festered. There was a leak. I think they knew there was a potential for a leak given they had all these other violations before, –the fact that the tanks were so old,” said Nishamura.
State records show only three of the tank-related violations remain unresolved. Business owners say they want to see those fixed as well.
“They got to take care of the problem, got to take care of the contamination, and make sure this never happens again,” said Kevranian.
ABC7 Eyewitness News reached out to A&A Gas and Mash Petroleum and have not gotten a response.
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