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Home World Philippines 'prepares for worst' after oil spill 27-07-2024 02:43 PM Ammon News - The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed floating barriers and started to clean up an oil spill to prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila. Authorities are racing to stop the oil spill from the 65-metre-long (213 feet) MT Terra Nova, which capsized on Thursday as monsoon rains battered large swathes of the country. The leak appeared to be coming from the ship's engine, not its cargo tank, which was carrying close to 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel, officials said. There are fears that the spill, which stretches out over several kilometres, could be the worst in the country's history if it is not contained. But officials are "preparing for the worst", said Rear Admiral Armand Balilo, the coast guard spokesman. BBC

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Philippines 'prepares for worst' after oil spill

27-07-2024 02:43 PM

Ammon News - The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed floating barriers and started to clean up an oil spill to prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila.

Authorities are racing to stop the oil spill from the 65-metre-long (213 feet) MT Terra Nova, which capsized on Thursday as monsoon rains battered large swathes of the country.

The leak appeared to be coming from the ship's engine, not its cargo tank, which was carrying close to 1.5 million litres of industrial fuel, officials said.

There are fears that the spill, which stretches out over several kilometres, could be the worst in the country's history if it is not contained.

But officials are "preparing for the worst", said Rear Admiral Armand Balilo, the coast guard spokesman.

BBC

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