ATTALLA, Ala. (WIAT) — Attalla City Park remains closed as crews clean up a sewage spill that ran off into a creek that runs through the park.

Attalla City Engineer Jason Nicholson said that at approximately 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, his office received a call regarding a sanitary sewer overflow at the park that had gone into the creek and storm drain system. Within a couple of hours, crews were able to stop the overflow.

Currently, lime has been put on in the areas with wattles used to pick up the debris.

Nicholson said the park will be closed until all of the sewage has been cleaned up.

No cause of the overflow has been determined.

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