After crews were able to contain the leak, now environmental groups are working to learn if there was any damage done.

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.

Hydraulic fluid was released into the Allegheny River from Braeburn Alloy Steel in Lower Burrell on Monday afternoon, prompting warnings to downriver water suppliers, according to emergency officials.

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.

LOWER BURRELL, Pa. — Crews worked Tuesday to clean what they could of a hydraulic oil spill that happened at the Braeburn Alloy Steel Plant Monday, where an undetermined amount of oil went into the Allegheny County River. Video from Drone 11 showed visible oil-stained ice along the bank of the Allegheny River from that spill.