Cosco Busan oil spill
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The Cosco Busan oil spill occurred at 08:30 UTC-8 on 7 November 2007 between San Francisco and Oakland, California, in which 53,569 US gal (202,780 L) of IFO-380 heavy fuel oil, sometimes referred to as "bunker fuel", spilled into San Francisco Bay after the container ship Cosco Busan, operated by Fleet Management Limited struck Delta Tower of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in thick fog.
The damaged MV Cosco Busan after colliding with the bridge tower fender
Cosco Busan laid up at Pier 70 for repairs. Next to it is the SS Oceanic.
Containment booms languish about the shores and wetlands of Crissy Field.
A Contra Costa county sign in Richmond Marina Bay warns of shoreline closure due to oil contamination.
Richmond, California
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Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 3, 1905, and has a city council. Located in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North Richmond, Hasford Heights, Kensington, El Sobrante, Bayview-Montalvin Manor, Tara Hills, and East Richmond Heights, and for a short distance San Francisco on Red Rock Island in the San Francisco Bay.
Image: Richmond California aerial (cropped)
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Image: New Hotel Carquinez (Richmond, CA)
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