Oil spill spread over 17 km of S Korean coast
More than 100 ships and thousands of troops were deployed to clean up the worst oil spill at Mallipo beach in Taean, 170 km from Seoul Taean: South Korea deployed more than 100 ships and thousands of troops on Sunday to clean up the worst oil spill in its history, which has blackened beaches, coated birds in tar and cast a foul smell over a nature reserve.The slick has washed up in an area spanning 17 kms of the west coast, about 100 km southwest of Seoul, that is home to popular tourist beaches, a national park and oyster beds. The spill is threatening to become a major environmental disaster.The slick extends about 20 km from the Hong Kong-registered tanker that began leaking an estimated 10,500 tones of crude oil on Friday, after a barge carrying a crane punched holes in its hull while it was anchored, the coast guard said.The leak was patched early on Sunday, it said.“We have approximately 5,600 people who have been working from 2000 GMT Saturday... doing all we can to prevent the situation from growing worse,” said Ryu Hung of the Taean coast guard. “Considering the tide, direction and velocity of the wind, the oil slick is not expected to expand further for now.”
It will likely take more than one month to clean up the mess, maritime minister Kang Moo-hyun told reporters.Volunteers and government personnel have been scooping oil with buckets and absorbent cloth, treating birds covered in oil and scrubbing blackened rocks. Large numbers of fish and waterfowl have been killed.Ships deploying containment fences and oil skimmers have been trying to lessen the spill’s impact. The largest slick was spreading in Mallipo Bay, a maritime ministry official said.Police are questioning officials of Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd, which had the crane on the barge, the barge’s crew as well as the tanker's owner, captain and crew, Yonhap news agency reported.The very large crude carrier Hebei Spirit was 5 miles outside port and waiting to unload some 260,000 tonnes of crude oil from the Middle East when it was struck by the barge.
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