Barge collision dumps oil byproduct in Mississippi
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Louisiana officials say most of about 2,000 gallons of an oil byproduct has been contained after it spilled into the Mississippi River in a weekend accident.
The Sunday morning accident involved a tow boat and a barge. No injuries were reported.
State Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Rodney Mallett says most of the "vacuum gas oil" remained on the barge. The oil is a thick, waxy liquid extracted during the refining process of crude oil.
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Officials say workers removed 385 gallons of the oil and there was no other visible trace of the product as of Monday morning.
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