The spill has been described by one official as a potential ecological disaster.
An oil slick off the coast of California has started washing ashore, killing fish, contaminating wetlands and closing beaches.
The slick, about five miles off the coasts of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach, was discovered on Saturday morning., according to Associated Press. "Wildlife is dying. It's very sad," Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley told CBS News. She added that there were reports of dead animals along the shore and Talbert Marsh, an ecological reserve had also suffered "significant damage".Some 3,000 barrels of oil have spread over an area of the Orange County coast
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