GIRARD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Crews are now fully in the clean-up stages after 200 barrels of gasoline started leaking from the River Rouge Pipeline Tuesday night.
As of Thursday morning, BP tells FOX 17 the leak has been stopped and crews are expected to remain in the area to remove contaminated soil overnight.
Full statement from BP
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The pipeline is still offline, but the company expects to have it up and running again soon.
Wednesday, officials said the pipeline was shut down within 3 minutes of alarms signaling the leak, though exactly how long it was going on before detection is part of the continuing investigation.
