Tanker Pulled From Sea Without Spilling Fuel
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A tanker truck that slipped off a crippled barge was pulled Thursday from Long Beach Harbor without losing any of its 7,500 gallons of diesel fuel, the Coast Guard said.
The tractor truck and two tank trailers, which had floated down the harbor’s main channel, were towed to a berth and then hoisted out of the water by a crane barge, Lt. Cmdr. Jim Milbury said.
The truck and two deckhands fell into rough seas, Milbury said, after the 150-foot barge carrying the big rig and two other trucks ran into a jetty after its tug towline snapped.
The barge, the Los Alamitos, was towed to a harbor berth but sank with a trash truck and flatbed truck aboard.
The two deckhands were rescued unharmed. The barge and trucks will be retrieved by commercial salvagers, the Coast Guard said.
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