Barge collision spills gasoline in Houston Ship Channel

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Multiple vessels collided in the Houston Ship Channel on Friday afternoon, spilling 9,000 barrels of a gasolineblend stock and forcing the partial closure of the commercial waterway.A 755-foot tanker collided with a tugboat pushing two barges near Bayport, Texas, around 3:30 p.m. CDT,capsizing one of the barges and damaging another, authorities said. Crews are working to remove the gasolineproduct from the barges.Each barge was carrying an estimated 25,000 barrels of reformate, which is colorless, flammable and toxic totouch, inhale or ingest.