Crews are cleaning up a more than 400-gallon oil spill from an oil facility that flowed into a creek in the mountains north of Santa Paula.
The spill was discovered Tuesday afternoon at the Carbon California facility, north of Highway 150. An estimated 420 gallons — or ten barrels — of crude oil ended up in a tributary of Sisar Creek.
The spill impacted about three-quarters of a mile of the tributary. State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say the spill has been stopped and contained, and cleanup crews are on scene recovering the oil. They say that as the cleanup continues, they'll have a more precise estimate of the amount of oil spilled.
A joint Ventura County, state, and federal response team is handling the incident, which is in an isolated canyon area. There’s no word of any oiled wildlife, but teams are monitoring for it, and a response team is on standby.
The cause of the spill is under investigation.
