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Lake Superior barge spills hundreds of gallons of diesel along Minnesota's North Shore

Updated on: May 31, 2024 / 12:36 PM CDT / CBS Minnesota

Barge spills diesel fuel into Lake Superior

SILVER BAY, Minn. — The United States Coast Guard says hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel spilled into Lake Superior on Wednesday morning.

Northern News Now reports the spill happened near Silver Bay Marina amid a transfer of fuel between a privately-owned barge and a tug boat.

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The Coast Guard estimates the quantity of the spill to be around 300 gallons, and it is now contained. The clean-up effort is still in effect on Thursday, and it's unclear how long it will take.

Northern News Now says the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is working with the Coast Guard to figure out if the spill has reached the shoreline.

This is a developing story. Stay with WCCO.com for more.

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Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS Minnesota. A 21-year WCCO-TV veteran, Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the newsroom, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.