The spill of at least 126,000 gallons of crude is a “potential ecological disaster.”
Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery came across the spill on his boat Saturday morning and said others had already reported the slick. “As we got within about five miles of the coastline all of the sudden we were going through this major oil slick,” he said. “We had a pod of dolphins on our bow as we were going through it. Of course we couldn’t signal to them to change direction, but they seemed to make it through OK.
Residents in the area first noticed something was wrong Friday night, when neighbors reported a strong, tar-like smell in the air. The oil slick was first reported on Saturday and workers immediately shut down the pipeline and started working on efforts to collect as much of the oil as possible. But as of Sunday morning, the city of Huntington Beach said the leak had not been completely stopped. “Wildlife is dying. It’s very sad,” Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley said.
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