20,000 Gallons of Water Contaminated
A milky substance that appeared to be machine oil or latex paint laced with traces of pesticide flowed into a flood control channel near Main Street and Jamboree Boulevard in Irvine Sunday, contaminating more than 20,000 gallons of water, officials estimated.
Firefighters sandbagged the channel to contain the spill, and vacuum trucks were called to remove the material.
Officials said the substance had not killed any fish in the channel and might be a white oil used by machine shops in the area.
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