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Oil, bird cleanup crews focus on Alameda coast

Posted by: Maven on November 2, 2009 at 6:13 pm

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

“Efforts to limit the damage from Friday’s fuel spill in the San Francisco Bay focused Sunday on the Alameda shoreline, where rescue workers tried to save oiled birds that had beached themselves and painstakingly removed balls of sticky tar.

Clean-up crews went to Crown Memorial State Beach, Bay Farm Island near Oakland International Airport and the Ballena Isle Marina, where workers said the damage was minimal. On the bay, 27 skimming vessels collected as much oil as possible.

Beaches along the Alameda County shoreline, from the Bay Bridge to the San Mateo Bridge, were closed in order to help clean-up crews, protect the public and provide peaceful and safe areas for birds to land. Fishing and shellfish harvesting were suspended in the same areas. … “

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November 2, 2009 · Filed Under Bay Area

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