After the fire was extinguished, MDFR said, firefighters tried to limit the fuel runoff with “specialized oil spill response equipment that entails an oil-absorbent boom.

the oil was in this afternoon, leaving behind a white tarp where the oil spilled along the bank of the canal, then into the water. a yellow sorbent boom still visible, according to officials.

The oil and gas mixture was ... boom deployment continues with 20,300 feet of 18' containment boom already in place and 4,200 feet on standby. A total of 1,047 bales of absorbent boom have ...

Workers had also put out 7,800 feet of 18-inch-thick containment boom and 382 bales of absorbent boom, aimed at preventing oil from contaminating nearby islands, Coast Guard officials said Tuesday.

A boom and absorbent pads are in place to minimise the spread of the oil Efforts to control oil leaking into a stretch of river have continued for a fourth day. Teams have been at the source of ...