An oil spill that leaked out in a southern Louisiana bayou over the weekend has already killed wildlife and prompted a water conservation order for people in the area. The oil spill happened in Bayou Lafourche, about a half-hour drive northeast of Houma. The Lafourche Parish Government was made aware of the crude oil spill in the bayou on Saturday morning, finding that it was stemming from a stormwater canal near a highway intersection in Raceland.
' In the latest update provided by unified command on Sunday evening, officials said no injuries have been reported as a result of the oil spill, but that more than a dozen animals have already been found dead. Among them are 17 aquatic salamanders, two turtles and one crawfish, officials said, while four ducks and three alligators are covered in oil, although none of those animals 'were able to be captured.