BP Confirms Lake Michigan Oil Spill

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An unknown amount of oil leaked from BP's Whiting refinery in Indiana into Lake Michigan after a mechanical glitch on Monday afternoon.

Image: Oil spill response contractors clean up crude oil on a beach after a BP oil spill on Lake Michigan in Whiting

Oil spill response contractors clean up crude oil on a beach after a BP oil spill on Lake Michigan in Whiting, Indiana March 25, 2014. An unknown amount of oil leaked from BP's Whiting refinery in Indiana into Lake Michigan after a mechanical glitch on Monday afternoon, the company confirmed on Tuesday. JIM YOUNG / Reuters

March 25, 2014, 7:54 PM EDT

Oil spill response contractors clean up crude oil after a BP oil spill on Lake Michigan in Whiting, Ind., on March 25, 2014. An unknown amount of oil leaked from BP's Whiting refinery in Indiana into Lake Michigan after a mechanical glitch on Monday afternoon, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

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