Oil Spill Reported Off Huntington Beach Coast

The Coast Guard says the slick was 2.5 miles long and 0.5 miles wide, but no source has been identified.

Oil platforms off Southern California on Oct. 6, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

A roughly 2.5-mile-long oil sheen was reported off the coast of Huntington Beach, prompting an investigation into potential hazardous materials March 8.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the slick was nearly 3 miles off the coast, near oil platforms named “Emmy” and “Eva.”