N.B. man says he complained about fuel leak 7 weeks before Tim Hortons shut down in Woodstock [Video]

A Nackawic, N.B., man says he suspected a fuel leak at a Tim Hortons coffee shop in Woodstock and complained to a manager months before it was shut down.

Jody Bourgoin, who works in Woodstock, said he tried to warn staff about diesel in the restaurant’s water back in October, more than two months before the Tim Hortons on Beardsley Road was closed because of a significant leak of diesel from Murray’s Irving gas station next door.

He said he stopped at the Beardsley Road location on his lunch break to charge his electric car on Oct. 21. While he was waiting, he went into the coffee shop to use the bathroom. 

“When I went to wash my hands, I just noticed it smelled like gas,” said Bourgoin.

“So I tried to wash that smell off. Obviously, I couldn’t. I realized it was coming out of the tap.”