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HOUMA, La. (AP) An oil spill cleanup is underway at a site where an oil tank platform collapsed in a Louisiana bay, the Coast Guard said. The spill of crude oil occurred at Hilcorp’s Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay, Louisiana, according to a news release emailed late Monday.
“Current response actions include 4,500 feet of containment boom, three skimming vessels, and five response vessels on scene,” the Coast Guard 8th District Heartland said.
The Coast Guard’s National Response Center notified the agency’s Houma marine safety unit on Monday that “the platform experienced a structural failure causing a tank to fall into the water and spill the oil.”