Duke Pipe Break Causes Ash Release Into North Carolina River
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Duke Energy Corp. said a broken pipe is leaking ash-basin water from a closed North Carolina coal-fired power plant into the Dan River.
The release began yesterday afternoon and Duke is still trying to stop the flow, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said in a statement today. The Dan River snakes between North Carolina and Virginia. The leak occurred at Eden, North Carolina.