OIL SPILL, RADIO

OIL SPILL

DANIELA VLACICH

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AN EMERGENCY CLEAN UP BEGINS TODAY IN FAIRFAX COUNTY IN RESPONSE TO WHAT HAS BEEN DECLARED THE DECADE’S WORST OIL SPILL.

DANIELA VLACICH HAS THE STORY

NATSO FULL UP (WAVES :03)

A RUPTURED PIPELINE BEHIND RESTON HOSPITAL SPEWED OVER 350-THOUSAND GALLONS OF FUEL ON SUNDAY, CONTAMINATING 50 MILES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER.

DOZENS OF RESIDENTS HAVE LEFT THEIR HOMES DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING STENCH OF FUEL IN THE AREA.

SOT (:5) “I WAS AWARE OF THIS REALLY OVERWHELMING ODOR OF HEAVY OIL.”

RESIDENTS ARE BEING ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS AS A SAFTY PERCAUSION AGAINS POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS FUMES.

SOT (:4) “STAY AWAY FROM IT STAY IN YOUR HOME, PREFERABLY WE’D LIKE YOU TO KEEP YOUR DOORS CLOSED…”

OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT EVIDENCE SHOWS A POSSIBLE INDICATION AN EARLIER INCIDENT WHERE THE PIPE WAS STRUCK DURING AN EXCAVATION.  AN INVESTIGATION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

I’M DANIELA VLACICH.