BALTIMORE — Officials with Johns Hopkins Medicine confirmed Friday night that 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Inner Harbor.
Early estimates were initially at 2,000 gallons.
There continues to be no impact on the drinking water and the spill remains contained in the marina at the South Central Avenue Bridge in Harbor East.
Oil spill in Baltimore harbor occurred because of overfilled diesel tanks, per JHU & Medicine
Governor Wes Moore and Mayor Brandon Scott released a joint statement Friday saying the State of Maryland, City of Baltimore, and the United States Coast Guard are continuing to clean up remnants of the spill that occurred Wednesday morning.
The Maryland Department of Environment, in partnership with the United States Coast Guard, and in coordination with the C