Horror four-mile oil slick on California coast: Fears for wildlife as 21,000 gallons of crude oil spills from ruptured pipeline

• Pipeline dumped in culvert under freeway and spill reaches for miles and goes 50 yards out on Refugio State Beach
• Santa Barbara County health officials shut down the beach as spill comes days before Memorial Day weekend
• The busted pipeline is operated by Plains All American Pipeline LP and the cause of the rupture is still unknown
• The Coast Guard, Department of Fish and Wildlife and Santa Barbara County are assisting on the clean-up 

By REUTERS and ASSOCIATED PRESS and DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 00:34 GMT, 20 May 2015 | UPDATED: 08:46 GMT, 20 May 2015