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Oil From Broken Pipe Shuts Down Busy East Los Angeles Intersection
The leak sent crude oil into nearby storm drains and forced a multi-agency response, with firefighters shutting it down about 40 minutes after the first call.
- A construction crew striking a 16-inch pipeline in East Los Angeles on Friday ruptured the line, spilling at least 2,400 gallons of crude oil onto a busy intersection and into nearby storm drains.
- Los Angeles County Fire Captain Aaron Katon said the crew was boring a 6-inch hole 10 feet underground to lay fiber-optic cable when they struck the 16-inch pipeline transporting crude oil from Kern County to the Port of Los Angeles.
- Though the pipeline operator shut down the flow within 30 minutes, California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Eric Laughlin confirmed a "significant amount of crude oil" entered the Los Angeles River through storm drains.
- Commuters are advised to completely avoid the intersection of East Cesar Chavez and North Eastern avenues, as the California Highway Patrol stated the SigAlert is "active until further notice."
- Authorities stated repairs to the pipeline will "take days," while environmental scientists continue monitoring air quality as The Oiled Wildlife Care Network remains on standby for wildlife response.
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Oil from broken pipe shuts down busy East Los Angeles intersection
Oil from a broken underground pipe was sent oozing along a major East Los Angeles street, prompting an hourslong closure and cleanup operation Friday morning. The hazmat incident was reported around 3:40 a.m. at East Cesar Chavez and Eastern avenues, according to the California Highway Patrol’s traffic incident log. Aerial video from Sky5 over the [...]
·Los Angeles, United States
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