An oil spill near the Cahokia Canal and Edwardsville, Illinois began Friday. Since then it has become an 165K-gallon leak.
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Federal officials want Illinois' attorney general to ensure that a pipeline operator conducts a proper cleanup after an estimated 165,000 gallons of crude oil spilled in southern Illinois.
Marathon Pipe Line, which operates the pipeline, shut it down and sent equipment and workers to contain and clean up the oil, the Belleville News-Democrat reported. RELATED: Dead birds, fish wash up on Southern California beaches following major oil spill; airshow canceled
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