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About 30,000 gallons of diesel fuel was released into the
river and the source of the leak was secured, the Coast Guard
said.
The river has been closed from mile marker 160 to 195, the
agency said, adding that there was no timeline on when it would
be reopened.
Phillips 66 said the pipeline, which runs between the company's
Hartford, Illinois, terminal and the terminal's barge dock, was
shut following the spill.
The diesel fuel was released into the Cahokia Canal that empties
into the Mississippi River and the fuel reached the river, a
company spokesman said.
Oil spill response contractors have mobilized resources to
support the response and booms have been put in place to ensure
additional product does not reach the Mississippi River, the
company said. (Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman and Vijaykumar
Vedala in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker and Ken Wills)
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