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Crews clean up oil spill on Mercury Boulevard in Newport News

According to a tweet, the cleanup crew is working diligently to clean up the spill.

Credit: Newport News South Precinct Twitter

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) — Newport News Police and Fire Departments are cleaning up an oil spill Thursday.

The spill happened on Mercury Boulevard just west of Jefferson Avenue around 1:30 p.m. It was cleared by 5 p.m.

Update: The spill at W. Mercury Blvd. and Jefferson Ave. is cleaned up, and all lanes have reopened.
— Newport News Fire (@NNFire) August 16, 2018

Officials said about 20 gallons of oil was spilled from an unknown vehicle. Newport New Fire Department contained the spill, and a private contractor was called to clean it up.

The cleanup team is working diligently to clean up spill... estimated time to reopen all lanes is about one hour. pic.twitter.com/0A5HCQ1AIb
— NNPD South Precinct (@NNPDSouth) August 16, 2018

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