Spills
Malden river, boston, massachusetts
Exxon Company; Malden River, Boston, Massachusetts · NOAAORR-6545
- issued
- 1988-01-15 00:00Z
- status
- cancelled 1988-01-29 00:00Z
- self-cancels
- 1988-01-29 00:00Z
- authority
- NOAA OR&R
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 42.410, -71.073
- source
- incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z
Original warning text
Exxon Company; Malden River, Boston, Massachusetts. Malden River, Boston, Massachusetts. 1. On January 15, 1988, a six-inch, Exxon-operated pipeline carrying gasoline broke, spilling an estimated 3,500 gallons of gasoline onto the ice of the Malden River in Boston. The gasoline spill on the ice made a puddle measuring 300 yards by 20 yards and could have been up to 4 inches deep. First responders closed the highway bridge over the Malden River at this point and a cleanup contractor began the removal of the pooled gasoline. USCG district 1. 2. COMMODITY: GASOLINE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 3500 GALLONS. 3. POSITION 42.410N 071.073W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6545: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6545
This area · spills & pollution incidents
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Timeline · 2 messages since 1988-01-15 · closed 1988-02-24
- Malden river, boston, massachusetts this message1988-01-15 → 1988-01-29
- Mystic river, boston, massachusetts1988-02-10 → 1988-02-24
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Spills
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