1,000 barrels of oil spilled at South Korean port
Source: UPI
YEOSU, South Korea, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A spill from pipelines that ruptured when a ship crashed at a South Korean port was 25 times greater than initially believed, Coast Guard officials said Monday.
The ship, a Singapore-flagged tanker, hit a bridge while approaching a dock the South Korean port city of Yeosu Friday.
Kim Sang-bae, director of the regional South Korean Coast Guard, said the collision caused three pipelines to rupture, spilling about 1,000 barrels of oil, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.
That was about 25 times more than South Korean officials initially estimated, Xinhua said.
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