Crews responded and were able to contain a spill into the Allegheny River earlier today. Hydraulic fluid spilled along the river bank in Lower Burrell outside of the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant around 3 p.

Water rescue crews and first responders were on the scene Monday following an oil spill at a plant in Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County.Westmoreland County dispatch confirmed to Pittsburgh's Action News 4 that officials were on the scene at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Mill along Braeburn Road before 4 p.

Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials. Two passersby reported seeing the sheen along the Westmoreland shore of the river and Lower Burrell firefighters responded around 3 p.

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — A leak at a steel plant sent hydraulic fluid into the Allegheny River on Monday. The incident happened at Braeburn Alloy Stell in Lower Burrell around 3 p.m. The local fire chief says the leak extended for almost two miles before it was contained.

While officials are unsure how much fluid spilled into the Allegheny River in Lower Burrell, they have said that it is contained.

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Two people were taken to hospitals afer a reported furnace explosion at a steel plant in Westmoreland County. Emergency dispatchers confirm to Channel 11 that crews were called to the scene around noon at 101 Braeburn Road in Lower Burrell, which is the location of Braeburn Alloy Steel.