US EditionCrews work to contain petroleum spill in Washington after tanker truck accident
OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON, JUL 19 – The spill forced temporary water treatment shutdowns and threatens a decade of salmon habitat restoration after dam removals, with recovery expected to take at least a generation.
- On Friday, a tanker truck accident on Washington's Olympic Peninsula released an estimated 3,000 gallons of primarily gasoline along with some diesel into Indian Creek.
- The spill took place on Highway 101, leading to a partial road closure, and affected a salmon habitat that had been recently restored following the removal of two dams over ten years ago.
- Cleanup crews worked to contain the petroleum while dead juvenile salmon, lamprey, trout, and invertebrates were found in Indian Creek and the nearby Elwha River.
- Gov. Bob Ferguson called the spill heartbreaking for local tribes reliant on clean rivers, said he is monitoring salmon impacts, and planned a site visit Sunday afternoon.
- The City of Port Angeles shut down water treatment operations, urged water conservation, and reported sufficient reservoir supply for 18 to 24 hours while the spill cleanup continues.
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Crews work to contain petroleum spill on Olympic Peninsula after tanker truck accident
Cleanup crews were trying Saturday to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped upside down on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that had recently been restored for salmon runs. Read more...
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Cleanup crews were trying Saturday to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that had recently been restored for salmon runs. Preliminary estimates say about 3,000 gallons of mostly gasoline and some...
Tanker Truck Crashes and Spills Fuel Into Creek on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Cleanup crews were trying on Saturday to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped upside down on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that had recently been restored for salmon runs. Preliminary estimates say about 3,000 gallons of mostly gasoline and some diesel spilled into Indian Creek, a fragile salmon habitat, after the truck crashed on Friday, according to a release fro…
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Crews work to contain petroleum spill in Washington after tanker truck accident
Cleanup crews are working to contain petroleum that leaked from a tanker truck that crashed and flipped upside down on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, spilling fuel into a tributary of a river that was recently restored for salmon runs.
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