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Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up an estimated 2,000-gallon diesel spill along part of Baltimore’s waterfront that started on Wednesday.

The spill originated at a Johns Hopkins Hospital facility in East Baltimore, according to a news release from Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott. Johns Hopkins first reported the spill around 11:00 a.m. and initially estimated it at 100 gallons. Seven hours later Hopkins updated their report to reflect a 2,000-gallon uncontained spill.

The fuel contains a red dye and has stained a section of the water roughly 100 by 250 yards near the South Central Avenue Bridge, the release said.

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