Photos: Major oil spill closes Orange County beaches – Los Angeles Times

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A major offshore oil spill has fouled Orange County beaches and wetlands with crude.

The spill had reached Talbert Marsh and some environmentally sensitive wetlands areas by Sunday morning. It will take time to know the extent of the damage but officials said some birds and fish have died.

Oil lines the beach as a bird feeds in the incoming tide.

Workers with Patriot Environmental Services collect bags of oil-soaked pads and other debris during cleanup at Talbert Marsh.

Oil absorbent booms are used by workers with Patriot Environmental Services to clean from the oil spill.

Booms contain oil flowing through the Talbert Channel.

A fish swims amid globs of oil off the Orange County coast

An aerial view of a major oil spill washing ashore on the border of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

An aerial view of a major oil spill washing ashore on the border of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach.

An oil slick lines the beach as a swimmer comes in

Lifeguard vehicles face the water at Huntington Beach while oil-containing booms are put in place by boats offshore.

An oil slick lines the beach as a swimmer comes in after being called in by a Newport Beach lifeguard.

A sign warns visitors to stay out of the water because of the oil spill at the Huntington Beach Pier.

A strand of darkened sand reveals the edge of an oil slick from an offshore pipeline leak at Huntington State Beach.

Detail of globs of oil that formed patterns as it flowed in from the high tide.

Oil lines the beach as a bird runs to avoid the incoming tide.

A jogger on the beach bordering Newport and Huntington Beach Sunday morning

A man photographs the scene near a containment boom placed to trap oil at border of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach

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