California oil spill

A state of emergency has been declared in southern California after an oil slick, stretching across 15km, threatened wildlife along the pristine Santa Barbara coastline
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Tuesday: Onshore pipeline ruptures, spilling up to 400,000 litres onto Refugio State Beach before flowing into ocean

U.S.
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CALIFORNIA

Santa Barbara

Los Angeles

PACIFIC OCEAN

40km 25 miles

Coastline was scene of much larger spill in 1969, which helped spark U.S. environmental movement
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Source: Wire agencies

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