Crime & Safety
The Coast Guard Responded To An Estimated 300-Gallon Oil Spill In Cabin Branch Waterway
The Coast Guard responded to an oil spill in Cabin Branch Waterway, northwest of Gaithersburg, on Monday. The cause of the spill is unknown.
GAITHERSBURG, MD — Three hundred gallons of diesel fuel leaked into the Cabin Branch waterway on Monday and responders are not yet sure of the cause. The Coast Guard got a report at 11:40 a.m. saying that about 1o gallons of the diesel had leaked into the waterway, which is a body of water off the Patapsco River.
The leak came from a transfer line owned by Buckeye Terminals and was stopped after the Coast Guard, Maryland Department of the Environment and the Baltimore Fire Department got to the scene of the leak.
Boom — a physical barrier extended into the water to prevent further spread — has been set up, and Miller Environmental is using a vacuum truck to try to clean up the area.
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The Coast Guard said it is still investigating the cause of the leak.
This story will be updated if more information is released.
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