To Live & Slide in L.A: 10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets

[onedef92]

10,000 gallons of oil spill on Los Angeles streets

Posted: May 15, 2014 6:26 AM EDT
Updated: May 15, 2014 11:20 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES - Crews sopped up the remains of about 10,000 gallons of crude oil that sprayed into Los Angeles streets and onto buildings early Thursday after a high-pressure pipe burst.

A geyser of crude spewed 20 feet high over approximately half a mile at about 12:15 a.m. and was knee-high in some parts of the industrial area of Atwater Village before the oil line was remotely shut off, said Fire Capt. Jaime Moore.

A handful of commercial businesses near the border of Glendale was affected, as well as a strip club that was evacuated.

Firefighters and hazardous materials crews responded. Several roads were closed.

Four people at a medical business were evaluated with respiratory complaints, and two people were transferred to a hospital, Moore said.

By dawn, an environmental cleaning company had vacuumed up most of the oil. Crews put down absorbent material to sop up the remaining crude and then used high-pressure hoses to wash the streets with a soap solution.

Officials previously said 50,000 gallons had spilled, but that number was revised downward after the vacuuming began.

Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said there was no "visible evidence" that the oil entered storm drains, which empty into the Los Angeles River. But he said it's possible that some oil seeped under manhole covers.

The 20-inch pipe burst at a transfer pumping station along a pipeline that runs from Bakersfield to Texas, Moore said.

[Bill]

This thread is chock full of headline-y goodness!

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[onedef92]

Sandy, you hip to this and shit?

[Kevin_73]

I'm sure the looney liberals will seize this accident as fuel for continued opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.

[Rob]

I like that BBC had to up that story

BBC News - 50,000 gallons of oil spills on to LA streets



wonder who is selling the agenda closer to the truth

[Bill]

Originally Posted by Dixievet

I like that BBC had to up that story

BBC News - 50,000 gallons of oil spills on to LA streets



wonder who is selling the agenda closer to the truth

Officials previously said 50,000 gallons had spilled, but that number was revised downward after the vacuuming began.

Looks like "officials" took a WAG that turned out to be way off. BBC and other early reporting folks regurgitated the info they were given.

[ZipZap]

I was out there on business this morning and saw footage. The funniest part was when the strippers saw they were being recorded and turned an ran the other way

[NEED-A-VETTE]

Originally Posted by onedef92

Sandy, you hip to this and shit?

This is the first I've heard about it. Surprising, since the spill (B) is under 10 miles from where I work (A).



The news is all about the wildfires right now, though.

[RED-85-Z51]

This is just a glimpse of what we will see regularly thanks to the Keystone XL bullshit....

10,000 gallons, over 1/2 mile....and no emergency shutoffs were triggered, had to be done remotely....fantastic.