Members of the United States Coast Guard and emergency response contractors have continued intensive cleaning efforts to prevent the further spread of heavy fuel oil through the Chesapeake Bay area.

The coordinated response of the 5^th District Coast Guard and local emergency response teams have been successful in sealing the leaking tanks. 

The Tanker Kenaga, which crashed late on the night of January 24, leaked 22,000 barrels (924,000 gallons) of No. 6 heavy fuel oil before the leaking tanks could be sealed. A second tanker will be brought in later today to carry the oil away from the Kenaga before it sinks completely.   

Oil from the spill has been carried further up the Chesapeake Bay and up the Potomac River by incoming tides and continuing high winds.

Booms have kept the oil away from most of the area's sensitive resources and emergency wildlife rehabilitation stations have been set up by the Fish and Wildlife Service to treat the seabirds that have been affected by the oil.