Samoa warns of 'highly probable' oil spill from New Zealand navy ship that sank and caught fire - eviltoast

An oil spill is “highly probable” from a grounded New Zealand navy ship which sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation’s acting prime minister said late Sunday.

Officials in Samoa are conducting an environmental impact assessment in the area where the ship sank on Sunday morning, acting Prime Minister Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio said in a statement.

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    1 month ago

    No no, they were surveying a reef, and found it, right under the keel. Great success. Too bsd the front fell off.