The oil spill that spread on the shores of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte has been contained, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Monday.
CLEANING CREW Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard clean up rocks along the shores of Barangay Benit in San Ricardo town, Southern Leyte, on Sunday, two days after an oil spill was reported in the area. —PHOTO COURTESY OF the PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD
TACLOBAN CITY—The oil spill that spread on the shores of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte has been contained, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Monday. Lt. Commander Donna Liza Duran, the PCG commander in Southern Leyte, said their personnel collected 20 liters of oil from the coastal villages of Benit and Tambo, the communities hardest hit by the spill.“The oil spill has been contained already with the last cleanup ending at 1 p.m. [Monday]. We have to credit this to the immediate response by the Coast Guard as well as by the local residents and officials,” Duran said in an interview.
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