MOBILE, Alabama -- About 275,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil spilled in the middle of the night at the Gulf Coast Asphalt Company's facility on the Mobile River.
An unknown amount of oil flowed into the Mobile River, according to Coast Guard officials, who closed the river to all traffic between the Cochrane Africatown USA Bridge and the south end of McDuffie Island. Officials said a large portion of the spill remained on land.
Oil could be seen floating across a broad area of the river's surface by 10 a.m. Containment boom could be seen floating on the river, though oil appeared to be moving past it.
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