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USCG Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fuel Spill in San Francisco Bay
United States Coast Guard 	Eleventh Coast Guard District

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October 30, 2009

LTjg Jeremy Pichette (415) 740-4364

Fuel Spill in San Francisco Bay

 

SAN FRANCISCO — At 6:48 a.m. today, the U.S. Coast Guard received a report from
the tanker Dubai Star that it suffered a rupture in one of its fuel lines and
released an unknown amount of fuel into San Francisco Bay.

The Dubai Star was fueling at Anchorage 9 near the Oakland Airport when it
suffered a leak in one of its fuel lines. At this time, the type and amount of
fuel released are unknown. The Coast Guard has responded with an Incident
Management Team to assess the situation.  A Coast Guard helicopter from Air
Station San Francisco, a 25'  RBS from Station San Francisco, and a team from
the National Response Center have also responded. The Coast Guard Cutters
Hawksbill and Pike, which are 87' patrol boats, are also on-scene assessing the
spill.

The Coast Guard would like to assure the public that we are taking every
possible measure to ensure that this spill is cleaned up in the quickest
possible manner to minimize environmental damage. Though it is not the Coast
Guard's role to clean the spill, we are helping with every facet of the response.


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