Three tugs hold up a barge that was split in two on the Mississippi, July 23, 2008.
At about 2 a.m. that day the 600-foot tanker Tintomara and the Mel Oliver tug and barge collided and approximately 400,000 gallons of number six fuel oil spilled from the barge.
The U.S. Coast Guard and other local, state and federal agencies are working to clean and contain the oil. New Orleans closed several water intake valves to keep the drinking water from becoming polluted.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Lippert
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