Barge spills fuel oil off coast of Massachusetts

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

FALMOUTH, Mass. -- A ruptured barge spilled at least 14,700 gallons of fuel oil in Buzzards Bay, a prime shellfishing area on the Massachusetts coast, the Coast Guard said Monday.

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