Oil Spill causes state of emergency, 800,000 gallons of crude released
Oil spill update: State of emergency declared as 800,000 gallons of leaked oil begins flowing through Kalamazoo County
Rex Hall Jr. | Kalamazoo Gazette
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA — Kalamazoo County officials declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon as more than 800,000 gallons of oil released into a creek began making its way downstream in the Kalamazoo River.
“I just came from Fort Custer and you can smell it now,” Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Pali Matyas said. “… It’s all rolling downhill and there are a lot of complications.”
Matyas said police, local fire departments and local hazardous-materials companies are working to set up booms to trap the crude oil but workers are not able to use their trucks to remove oil from the water because high water levels have made the areas inaccessible to the vehicles.
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Mercy! I’m here in Otsego, according to this should be here by late Thursday. I’m still wondering what caused this on Sunday…
i have a nagging thought. correct me if im wrong….but WHEN ONE OIL LEAK/GUSHER WITH 1000′S OF POUNDS OF PRESSURE …IS…CAPPED OFF….WOULN’T THAT SEND AND EXERT PRESSURE ON OTHER OIL LINES…..PIPES…WELLS….OTHER PLACES????LOOOK AT THE TIMING.