Neighbors continue to push back against Commerce City gasoline plant expansion [Video]

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — On Saturday morning, a neighborhood fighting back against a gasoline storage facility’s plans to expand gathered at Adams City High School.

“This is no joke, guys. We’ve got to stop this somehow,” said Lisa Morgan, whose home backs up to the tanks.

Magellan Pipeline Company’s Dupont storage facility sits across the street from Dupont Elementary School.

Now, there’s a proposal to add five more tanks in addition to the 20 that already exist.

“If those tanks blow up, I don’t have one second… I’m gone,” Morgan said.

Cultivando, a group focused on concerns affecting Latinos in Adams County, is leading the charge against the expansion near the elementary school.

“It’s 87% Latino, half low income, and a good amount of students with disabilities,” said Guadalupe Solis, director of Environmental Justice Programs at Cultivando.

The group monitored air quality for nearly two years around the tanks and …