McKenzie County crash leads to oil spill and fire

Courtsy: North Dakota Office of the Governor
Courtsy: North Dakota Office of the Governor

(Watford City, ND) --State officials are warning of an oil spill and fire in Mckenzie County.

The North Dakota Mineral Resources Department says the accident happened on December 20th, 2022, while leaving a Continental Resources well site near Watford City. A truck and trailer was leaving around 10:30 p.m the site when it slid into a ditch and caught fire. Officials say the trailer spilled 232 beer barrels of crude oil, impacting a 30-by-50 yard area. Authorities say they were advised to let the oil spill and fire burn themselves out, which finished around 2:00 a.m the following morning.

A clean-up crew is on the way, and the site is being watched by local authorities.