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"We could smell it first thing in the morning; it was bad," said Washington, Kansas, resident Dana Cecrle, 56. He shrugged off the disruption: "Stuff breaks. Pipelines break, oil trains derail."
Residents near the site of the worst US oil pipeline leak in a decade took the commotion and smell in stride as cleanup crews labored in near-freezing temperatures, and investigators searched for clues to what caused the spill.
Investigators are searching for clues as to what caused a breach in the Keystone pipeline which resulted in a broken segment to spill 14,000 barrels of oil.
By Erwin Seba and Nia Williams
"We could smell it first thing in the morning; it was bad," said Washington, Kansas, resident Dana Cecrle, 56. He shrugged off the disruption: "Stuff breaks. Pipelines break, oil trains derail."