Environment

Oil spill off Argentine coast

by cynthia yoo | June 5, 2008 at 08:55 am

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An oil spill caused by a two ship collision off the coast of Uruguay is headed towards Buenos Aires, the Argentine capital.

Workers are battling to contain the 20 km long spill before it reaches the city.

Officials say there will be much greater harm to the environment if the fuel reaches land.
No-one was injured in the collision between a Greek and Maltese vessel, which happened on Wednesday.

The incident happened about 20km off the coast of the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.

The Greek-registered cargo ship Syros leaked the oil after its fuel tank was ripped open in the collision with the Maltese-registered Sea Bird.

Officials say there will be much greater harm to the environment if the fuel reaches land.

No-one was injured in the collision between a Greek and Maltese vessel, which happened on Wednesday.

The incident happened about 20km off the coast of the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.

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gcquinn

at 15:28 on June 6th, 2008

Above photo is of San Francisco where, earlier,a tanker struck a support for the San Francisco Bay Bridge causing a large oil spill, called the Cosco Oil spill