Oil spill. But tonight officials still cant say how much oil spilled. The ruptures pipeline was near refugios day beach. Tonight that oil stretches about 4 miles along the picturesque coastline. Ken pritchett is following developments in our newsroom. Teams of oil experts are now on the scene on on the way. A true impact on the economy is not yet known. In a News Conference the company that operating the 24 inch pipeline says it quote deeply regrets this leak and that the cause is unknown. Reporter the white sand of refugio state beach and black tinted waves. The crude oil stretched along 4 miles of coastline by this evening tainting line and sea. The beach was just covered in thick black crude. The rocks were covered, the waves that were coming in were just black oil. Reporter theres limited signs so far of wildlife impacted by the oil. A helicopter flew low over a pair of whales trying to scare them away from the contaminated water. People near refugio state beach smelled a strong od
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