Authorities identify second ship under investigation in Orange County oil spill

Published November 20, 2021 3:22am ET



Federal authorities boarded a second ship Thursday under investigation in the Orange County oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, California.

The United States Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board believe a ship’s anchor hit an oil pipeline in Orange County that triggered the oil spill which leaked 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the ocean off the coasts of Orange and Los Angeles counties last month.

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