oil spill, Allegheny River

Environmental group now working to learn more about hydraulic oil spill in Westmoreland County
After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.
Crews work to clean up oil in Allegheny River following spill from Westmoreland County steel plant
Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant Monday
Hydraulic Fluid Leak from Steel Mill Spills into Allegheny River in Lower Burrell
Hydraulic fluid spilled from Braeburn Alloy Steel Mill into the Allegheny River; containment efforts successful.
Hydraulic fluid leak at Lower Burrell steel plant sends slick down Allegheny River
Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials.
Thousands of gallons of oil spills into Allegheny County river
Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County. Westmoreland County dispatch confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that officials were on the scene at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Mill along Braeburn Road before 4 p.
Leak at Westmoreland County steel plant sends hydraulic fluid into Allegheny River
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A leak at a steel plant sent hydraulic fluid into the Allegheny River on Monday. The incident happened at Braeburn Alloy Stell in Lower Burrell around 3 p.m. The local fire chief says the leak extended for almost two miles before it was contained.
Following the cleanup of an oil spill in Westmoreland County, new details emerge
The Pa. Department of Environmental Protection was able to contain and cleanup an oil spill from a steel mill in Lower Burrell, but one environmental group still has concerns. KDKA's Chris DeRose has the story.
Decommissioned oil wells from Ottawa County lake spill plugged
Two leaking oil wells from the 1940s have been plugged to prevent further oil spills into an Ottawa County lake.
DEP, environmental contractors continue cleanup after Braeburn hydraulic spill
Cleanup continued Tuesday at the site of a hydraulic fluid spill into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell. The state ...
Ice jams on the Allegheny River raise concerns of flooding; Form for first time in 7 years
This region hasn't seen this much ice on the rivers since 2018, and it continues to swell as it travels south.