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Massive Air Force jet fuel spill in Albuquerque still just sitting there

Residents of Albuquerque learned in 2008 that a jet fuel leak from Kirtland Air Force base had migrated off the base at some point in the previous two decades, moving underground through the adjoining southeast quadrant of the city. At the time, the size of the plume was downplayed, but it soon became clear that the size of the spill was massive. Now estimated at 24,000,000 gallons, in fact no one really knows how big it is or how fast its moving.

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