A major oil spill off the Southern California coast is killing birds and fish, and threatening sensitive protected wetlands as crews scramble to contain it.
About 3,000 barrels of oil, equivalent to 126,000 gallons, leaked from an offshore facility, Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said.A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down.
The size of the spill"demanded prompt and aggressive action," officials said, but the pipeline has been capped and is no longer leaking into the ocean. Newport Beach Mayor Brad Avery reported to Foley that he saw dolphins swimming through the slick oil plumes as he headed back to shore from Catalina, Foley tweeted.
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