An oil barge with a 65,000 gallon capacity struck the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (map) around 6 pm this evening. The accident came two months after a container ship struck the Bay Bridge and spilled 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the bay.

10:50 pm — The Marin Independent-Journal has reports from the scene and Coast Guard quotes. Looks like definitely no oil spill. (The “San Rafael Bridge” is the same as the “Richmond Bridge,” by the way.)

10:25 pm — I captured a shot (popup image) from the live vessel-tracking website boatingsf.com, showing three tugboats south of the Richmond Bridge and an anti-pollution boat, the Clean Bay II, nearby.

10:10 pm — SFGate updates its initial story, also reporting no oil has spilled. This story says the barge Cascade “swung against the eastern piling of the western span of the bridge.”

10:05 pm — On KTVU, a Coast Guard spokesman said no oil was spilled. A reporter said the barge was full of oil, and oil response boats were at the scene. The vessel was said to have originated in Rodeo (map), about 8 miles northeast, where refineries are located. KTVU story.

9:52 pm — KRON TV reports that “two tugboats towing” the oil barge, and not the barge itself, collided with the bridge, and that CHP reports the bridge sustained minor damage. Earlier KRON report.

9:15 pm — News reports say no oil has spilled yet, and it was not immediately known how much oil was on the vessel. (KPIX initially reported the barge was carrying over 65,000 gallons of oil.) There were also no reports of damage to the bridge, and traffic continued flowing.

KGO TV reported that a container ship struck the same bridge in 2004, causing minor damage.

Readers will remember that initial reports said when a container ship struck the Bay Bridge two months ago that little or no oil had spilled; by the next day it was revealed that 58,000 gallons of fuel oil had gone into the bay. And what a mess that turned out to be. (Coincidentally, local news station KCBS posted an update on the November spill earlier today, saying oil is still washing on shore here and there around the bay.)