The oil likely will continue to encroach on Orange County beaches for the next few days, officials said.
Crews worked overnight as efforts intensified to contain a massive oil spill off the Orange County coast while striations of crude continued washing onshore in Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach began seeing evidence of oil rolling in along its shore late Sunday., first reported Saturday morning, originated from a pipeline running from the Port of Long Beach to an offshore oil platform known as Elly.
The time it took to determine the scope of the leak has sparked questions from residents and others about how the early hours of the crisis were handled. A 5½-mile stretch of sand in Huntington Beach from Seapoint Street near the Bolsa Chica wetlands to the Newport Beach city line at the Santa Ana River jetty remained closed Monday as crews continued cleanup efforts.
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