California oil spill: Officials, wildlife rescuers race to contain contaminated coastline

Cleanup crews are scrambling to contain a massive oil spill in southern California, which has forced beaches to close and has left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated.

Federal and state investigators on Monday were focusing on a 41-year-old pipeline as the likely source of the oil spill that fouled portions of the region's coastline, hitting the seaside community of Huntington Beach the hardest.

As Jennifer Johnson reports, environmentalists are questioning whether authorities acted quickly enough to contain the spill, while they race against time to save thousands of sea animals.

For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/8240484/huntington-beach-california-oil/

Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews