Crews clean up after oil geyser near Vancouver

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Experts assessed on Wednesday the environmental damage from a ruptured pipeline that showered a residential area near Vancouver with crude oil, some of which seeped into a Pacific Ocean inlet.

Crews attempted to mop up pools of thick black oil left by the accident on Tuesday in Burnaby, British Columbia, when a road construction crew struck the line used to load crude from Alberta on to ships in Vancouver’s port.


Pipeline owner Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has not said how much oil leaked in the accident. Witnesses said a geyser spewed up to 40 feet in the air for more than 20 minutes before the line was shut down.

Some of the oil reached Burrard Inlet, where containment booms have been put in place.

Reuters