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Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency

Trinidad & Tobago says oil spill from mystery vessel is national emergency

Upturned and largely submerged vessel of unknown origin is leaking hydrocarbon off south-west coast or Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister has said that a large oil spill near the twin-island nation has caused a “national emergency” and vowed that the government will spare no expense to help rehabilitate the island’s beaches.

Oil from the spill has coated numerous beaches on Tobago’s south-west coast, and the government has yet to identify the owner of the vessel that was found overturned off the coast last week.

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