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May 21, 2015

Crews scrub spilled oil along California coast

  • An onshore pipeline broke, spewing thousands of gallons of oil down a storm drain and into the ocean.
    • By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
    Associated Press

    GOLETA, Calif. — Cleanup crews fanned out Wednesday along a stretch of scenic California coastline stained by thousands of gallons of crude oil that spilled from a broken pipe and flowed into the Pacific Ocean.

    Workers from an environmental cleanup company strapped on boots and gloves and picked up shovels and rakes to tackle the gobs of goo stuck to sand and rocks along Refugio State Beach on the southern Santa Barbara County coast.


     
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