A fuel spill closed a gas station at Calvary Drive and Capital Boulevard on Sunday morning. A fuel spill closed a gas station at Calvary Drive and Capital Boulevard on Sunday morning. Video from the WRAL Breaking News Tracker at 6:30 a.m. shows the Exxon station at 4413 Capital Blvd. completely blocked off with yellow tape.

Ford is recalling potentially more than 850,000 of its vehicles due to possible fuel pump failures, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .

One component that can easily render a vehicle immobile is a defective fuel pump. Today, many cars utilize a direct-injection fuel system that relies not on one, but two fuel pumps. In an event where either of the fuel pumps fails, the engine will no ...