<p>Jim Swanson is seen in his yard east of Laurel, Mont. where absorbent sheets were laid down to soak up oil from a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River on Saturday.</p>
July 3, 2011
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July 3, 2011 9 p.m.
Oil spill in Yellowstone is 25 miles long
Exxon pipeline leaks, prompts evacuations
LAUREL, Mont. - An ExxonMobil pipeline that runs under the Yellowstone River in Montana ruptured Saturday and leaked hundreds of barrels of oil into the waterway, causing a 25-mile plume that fouled the riverbank and forced municipalities and irrigation districts downstream to close intakes.