{"id":36940,"date":"2015-05-19T19:39:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T23:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=36940"},"modified":"2015-05-19T19:39:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T23:39:04","slug":"developing-emergency-crews-responding-to-oil-spill-in-santa-barbara-calif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/developing-emergency-crews-responding-to-oil-spill-in-santa-barbara-calif\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVELOPING: Emergency Crews Responding to Oil Spill In Santa Barbara, Calif."},"content":{"rendered":"
CALIFORNIA — An oil spill, at least four miles wide has been reported in Santa Barbara County, according to local reports.<\/p>\n
Crews were initially called about a strong odor at\u00a0Refugio Beach around noon.<\/p>\n
From NBC-LA: “Aerial footage showed that the spill may have happened in a portion of the pipeline above ground on land near the beach and made its way down to the sand and into the water.<\/p>\n
Representatives from the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management, Exxon and the Santa Barbara County Fire Department are on scene of the spill.<\/p>\n
The leak has been stopped, a Coast Guard spokesman said.”<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, we\u2019ve got about a mile of coastline that\u2019s being affected on the northern Santa Barbara County coast,\u201d the captain said as of 4 p.m.<\/p>\n
The incident was unfolding about 20 miles west of Santa Barbara and prompted authorities to shut down access to the affected beaches.<\/p>\n
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Refugio State Beach is a protected state beach park located 20 miles west of Santa Barbara, California. It is 2.5 miles west of El Capit\u00e1n State Beach.<\/p>\n
During the summer months, the Junior Life Guard program resides at the beach during the day.Photo via NBC-LA<\/p>\n
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CALIFORNIA — An oil spill, at least four miles wide has been reported in Santa Barbara County, according to local reports. Crews were initially called about a strong odor at\u00a0Refugio Beach around noon. From NBC-LA: “Aerial footage showed that the spill may have happened in a portion of the pipeline above ground on land near […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":36941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n