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U.S. Coast Guard responding to oil spill in New Jersey: report


    (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard was responding to an oil spill in Sandy Hook Bay, Monmouth County in New Jersey on Thursday, news website nj.com reported.

    The slick, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Coast Guard station at the northern tip of Sandy Hook, is about 2 miles long and 400 yards wide, the report said quoting a Coast Guard spokesman.

    The Coast Guard said investigators do not know the source of the spill, but it is a refined product, according to the report.

    Low light was hampering the investigation, the Coast Guard spokesman told the news website.

    Crews from the state Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Bureau of Emergency Response and the Monmouth County Health Department were also on scene, the report quoted a DEP spokesman as saying.

    (Reporting by Kevin Jose in Bengaluru; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)