Updated: Sun, Aug 30 2015, 11:21 PM | AP
HARRISVILLE, W.Va. --
The Department of Environmental Protection said a ruptured oil gathering line caused a spill into a creek in Ritchie County.
Department spokeswoman Kelley Gillenwater said that a cleanup could take several weeks.
Gillenwater said about 1,200 barrels of oil leaked from the line owned by West Virginia Oil Gathering on Thursday. Officials haven't determined how much oil went into the creek.
She said the creek was dammed to contain the spill and the line was shut down.
Gillenwater said officials don't know how long the line had been leaking.