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Environmental group now working to learn more about hydraulic oil spill in Westmoreland County
After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.
Crews work to clean up oil in Allegheny River following spill from Westmoreland County steel plant
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant Monday, where an undetermined amount of oil went into the Allegheny County River. Video from Drone 11 showed visible oil-stained ice along the bank of the Allegheny River from that spill.
Oil spill extends nearly 2 miles down river after containment tanks leak at Westmoreland County steel plant
Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday afternoon following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County.
Hydraulic Fluid Leak from Steel Mill Spills into Allegheny River in Lower Burrell
Hydraulic fluid spilled from Braeburn Alloy Steel Mill into the Allegheny River; containment efforts successful.
Hydraulic fluid spill outside of steel plant in Lower Burrell contained
Hydraulic fluid spilled along the river bank in Lower Burrell outside of the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant around 3 p.m. Chief Brennan Sites of the Lower Burrell Volunteer Fire Company #3 said they were not sure how much fluid spilled out but the Westmoreland County Hazmat Team was called in and they were able to contain the spill.
Hydraulic fluid leak at Lower Burrell steel plant sends slick down Allegheny River
Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials.
Leak at Westmoreland County steel plant sends hydraulic fluid into Allegheny River
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A leak at a steel plant sent hydraulic fluid into the Allegheny River on Monday. The incident happened at Braeburn Alloy Stell in Lower Burrell around 3 p.m. The local fire chief says the leak extended for almost two miles before it was contained.
Following the cleanup of an oil spill in Westmoreland County, new details emerge
The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection was able to contain and cleanup an oil spill from a steel mill in Lower Burrell, but one environmental group still has concerns. KDKA's Chris DeRose has the story.
Spill of hydraulic fluid into Allegheny River contained
While officials are unsure how much fluid spilled into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell, they have said that it is contained.
DEP, environmental contractors continue cleanup after Braeburn hydraulic spill
Cleanup continued Tuesday at the site of a hydraulic fluid spill into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell. The state ...
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Decommissioned oil wells from Ottawa County lake spill plugged
Two leaking oil wells from the 1940s have been plugged to prevent further oil spills into an Ottawa County lake.
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Thousands of gallons of oil spills into Allegheny County river
Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County. Westmoreland County dispatch confirmed to Pittsburgh's ...