Hospital and public officials still haven’t explained how it happened, but two underground tanks were filled well past their capacity. As a result 5,000 gallons of red-dyed diesel raced down storm ...

The diesel sheen remains visible on the water in Harbor East, where 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled on June 4, as estimates surged past initial reports of the amount of diesel in the water.

The 5,000-gallon fuel spill occurred when tanks for Johns Hopkins’ emergency generators were overfilled. The diesel fuel went into the stormwater system and drained into the Patapsco River.

Original story: Operations to clean up Wednesday’s 2,000-gallon fuel spill in Harbor East were scaled back on Friday. So far, more than 18,000 gallons of water have been removed, as well as 400 ...

About 2,000 gallons of fuel spilled into Baltimore's Inner Harbor on June 4, 2025, turning the water red and prompting clean-up efforts. Maryland Department of the Environment ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Crews returned to Harbor East Saturday to continue cleaning up lingering fuel that spilled into the harbor Wednesday. What was initially thought to be a 2,000-gallon spill is ...

First it was about 200 gallons. Then it was 2,000 gallons. Late Friday night, Johns Hopkins again revised its estimate of the amount of diesel fuel spilled at its East Baltimore medical campus more ...

DEFENSE DENIES. WELL, TONIGHT WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE DIESEL FUEL LEAK INTO THE INNER HARBOR WAS ACTUALLY 5000 GALLONS. JOHNS HOPKINS OFFICIALS SAY A FUEL OVERFLOW AT ONE OF THEIR SITES IS ...

While the long-term effects of Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon oil spill in the Baltimore Harbor are unknown, the city’s jewel has seen much worse. In August 1975, a Shell Oil barge leaked 135,000 ...

Barely a day after Wednesday’s 5,000-gallon spill of red-dyed diesel, though, what largely remained was an occasional rainbow-colored shimmer on the surface of the water, and an acrid, almost ...