Overturned Barge May Have Spilled Fuel, Cargo
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<i> Associated Press</i>
ANCHORAGE — A 400-foot barge overturned, possibly spilling its cargo and fuel into Alaska’s lower Cook Inlet.
Officials believed the barge Oregon lost its cargo of 12,500 tons of a chemical fertilizer and 1,600 gallons of diesel fuel. But high seas and wind gusts of up to 50 mph frustrated efforts to anchor the vessel and judge the damage.
The vessel capsized Saturday after colliding with a tugboat. It was towed to a nearby bay Sunday.
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