On Monday faulty pipelines leaked as much as 233,000 gallons of molasses into the Honolulu Harbor. The spill is expected to kill thousands of fish and other marine life.
An environmental cleanup crew looks for dead marine life in Keehi Lagoon near Honolulu Harbor.
The molasses spilled from a pipeline on a Matson cargo ship used to load the syrup from storage tanks to ships sailing to California.
Hawaii's Health Department assigned crews to haul away dead marine life, but plans to let the molasses naturally dissipate with the tides and currents. The brown plume in the water is expected to remain visible for weeks and the effects in the harbor will be long-lasting, said marine biologists.
Health officials warned swimmers, surfers, and snorkelers in Hawaii to stay out of the waters near Honolulu after the leak of molasses killed hundreds of fish, potentially attracting sharks.
