WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) — A 35-mile section of the Mississippi River has been closed after Phillips 66 says about 25,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked in southwestern Illinois.
Spokeswoman Melissa Erker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the company discovered a leak about 8:45 a.m. Friday in a pipeline that runs from its storage terminal to a barge loading dock near the Wood River Refinery, which is about 20 miles upriver from St. Louis, Missouri.
Fuel was spotted in the Cahokia Canal, which drains into the river. Erker said the leak stopped about 10 a.m. and that the amount was about 25,000 gallons.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman Kim Biggs said her agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard were on site Friday. The IEPA declined to provide an estimate.
