Many of the large pools of diesel fuel, noticeable by their distinct red color from dye, were removed from Baltimore's harbor two days after what was initially thought to be a 2,000-gallon spill.

The diesel sheen remains visible on the water in Harbor East, where 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled on June 4, as estimates surged past initial reports of the amount of diesel in the water.

Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up an estimated 2,000-gallon diesel spill in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that started on Wednesday.

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Thousands of gallons of oil spilled into the water in Baltimore’s Harbor East area Wednesday afternoon from diesel tanks supplying fuel to the Johns Hopkins Hospital care facilities, ...

"It sounds like there's been relatively minor impacts to the environment, which is incredible given the amount of fuel that spilled into the harbor," Alice Volpitta with Blue Water Baltimore said.

Officials said the water is red because there is dye in the fuel, but there is no impact to the area’s drinking water.

Emergency crews in Baltimore are working to clean up a spill after about 2,000 gallons of diesel fuel leaked in Harbor East.

Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up an estimated 2,000-gallon diesel spill in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that started on Wednesday.

Some roads near Baltimore's Inner Harbor reopened after a 5,000-gallon diesel fuel spill prompted clean-up efforts and an investigation. The fuel leaked from a tank at a Johns Hopkins Hospital campus.

Emergency crews from a host of government agencies were working through the night to clean up an estimated 2,000-gallon diesel spill in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor that started on Wednesday.