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Refugio Beach oil spill: A check-in with California Fish and Wildlife
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May 21, 2015
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Refugio Beach oil spill: A check-in with California Fish and Wildlife
Alexia Retallack with the California Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response tells more about the progress being made in the clean up.
Officers from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) set up a restricted area at Refugio State Beach after an oil spill in Goleta, California, May 19, 2015. An oil pipeline ruptured dumping oil into the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara, California, the US Coast Guard said. The spill was estimated at 21,000 gallons (80,000 liters) of oil, local media reported. AFP PHOTO/ ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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Alexia Retallack with the California Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response tells more about the progress being made in the clean up.

Clean up efforts continue following an oil spill earlier this week off the coast of Santa Barbara. 

The spill spans 9 miles of Santa Barbara's coast. Officials say up to 105,000 gallons of oil escaped the busted pipe, and as much as 21,000 gallons made it into the ocean.

Alexia Retallack with the California Fish and Wildlife Office of Spill Prevention and Response tells more about the progress being made.