Second Gulf spill spreads

A separate spill has spread to cover about six square miles in the US Gulf of Mexico as oil continues to shoot as much as 100 feet into the air from a damaged wellhead.

Spreading: Damaged well continues to flow into the Gulf.
Spreading: Damaged well continues to flow into the Gulf.
Published 28 July 2010, 17:54Updated 10 October 2016, 14:36