Diesel fuel spill reported near State Pier, New Bedford MA


A heavy diesel fuel spill occurred off the east side of State Pier in New Bedford. Fire and emergency teams responded and deployed containment booms to control the spill.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Can you call NRC and inform them we have a heavy oil spill, fuel spill, diesel off the east side of State Pier?
00:12
Look it out.
00:18
Fireline unit, too.
00:19
Did you get a hold of MSO?
00:20
But if he said he was going to contact you directly when he said he was going to contact you directly when he said he was out.
00:26
What's called my nurse having a hard time healing from surgery in her stomach? Wood looks infected.
00:30
Sophie.
00:31
Fire alarm, can you dispatch engine 7 here? I need a man for the boat.
00:37
Copy that.
00:38
Yeah, how should be needed?
00:39
Fire alarm dispatching.
00:41
Engine 7, to 49 to be here.
00:45
Potential hazard spill into the water.
00:47
Engine 7, to 49 to be here, potential hazardous spill into the water.
00:52
Fire alarm from MSO.
00:54
So this is fire alarm.
00:55
Okay, Bruce, stay here.
00:57
Fireline, YouTube.
00:58
This fire alarm.
00:59
So I got one man from Lada 1, tripping the boat, I'll have a second man from engine 7 coming down, and I'll be grabbing a third man off of engine 1 to get Marine 38 underway.
01:11
I'm going to have manpower of Lada 1, engine 1, and engine 7 at the scene.
01:15
We'll be deploying boom off the east side of State Pier.
01:18
You are notified each 1 and 2.
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Location mentioned:
State Pier, New Bedford, MA 02740
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