Crews respond to hazardous material spill in Sacramento River
Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 8, 2009 at 6:32 amFrom redding.com, website of the Record Searchlight:
“Authorities are investigating a hazardous material fuel spill in the Sacramento River up river from the Diestelhorst Bridge in Redding.
Authorities received a report about 4:35 p.m. from two men walking across the bridge of a 20- to 25-foot wide spill of a possible petroleum product going downstream.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter flew reconnaissance over the river in an attempt to find the source of the small slick. …”
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