FEDERAL WAY, Wash. (AP) — A diesel spill into a creek at Dash Point State Park in Federal Way has reached Puget Sound.
TV helicopter video at dawn Friday shows a sheen on the water.
The Coast Guard and state Ecology Department responded to the spill overnight, and workers put absorbent pads in the creek in an attempt to prevent the diesel from reaching the sound.
The agencies say the diesel apparently spilled from a 300-gallon tank for construction equipment. It was discovered Thursday evening by a state parks ranger.
The South King County Fire Department is using booms and absorbent pads that were stored by the Ecology Department in a trailer at the nearby Des Moines Marina.
(with information from KOMO-TV, KING-TV, KIRO-TV)
