A routine loud alert or siren that sounded early Sunday, April 21, at FortisBC Tilbury LNG plant and worried nearby dog walkers was just part of the normal operations of the plant, said a FortisBC spokesman.
One resident was out walking her dog at about 9 a.m. at the Delta Community Animal Shelter when she heard loud sirens and called 911, concerned there could be a fire.
She along with other dog walkers, gathered their pets and left the area.
However, the sound was merely to alert staff that an air compressor needed checking, FortisBC said Wednesday.
The noisy environment of the plant requires loud alerts for normal operations of the plant so staff can hear them, even when a phone call comes in, said FortisBC.
“In this case, it was just an air compressor that needed to be checked. Really routine. It happens every day and it wasn’t anything related to an emergency or a situation that required an emergency response,” FortisBC said.
It wasn’t anything that emergency services would be notified about because it wasn’t an emergency, FortisBC added.
There are other procedures that would notify the public in the case of a real emergency, but this wasn’t the case, FortisBC said.
