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Oil Spill Clean-Up Continues on East Bay Beaches
Created by Brian Shields on 11/2/2009 11:25:00 AM


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      ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) - Cleanup crews are still sopping up fuel that washed up on Alameda County beaches after last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay.

      Coast Guard officials say 400 to 800 gallons of oil spilled onto the deck of the Panamanian-flagged Dubai Star and into the water after a line ruptured Friday during a fuel transfer.

      Officials say 36 oil-covered birds have been found alive, and 11 dead. Two of the 36 birds found alive have died during treatment.

      Beaches in Alameda have been the most affected by the spill. Coast Guard spokesman David Schuhlein says crews have cleaned up 80 percent of the spill at Robert Crown Memorial State Beach. Cleanups also are under way at Ballena Bay and Bay Farm Island.

      Meanwhile, all fishing is suspended from the San Mateo Bridge to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
     
      (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)

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