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Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela

Tobago oil spill spreads to Grenada waters and could affect Venezuela

Fuel continues to leak from overturned and abandoned barge as stain spreads into the Caribbean Sea

An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in the Caribbean is entering Grenada’s waters and could affect neighboring Venezuela, authorities have warned.

Eight days after Trinidad and Tobago’s coastguard first spotted the oil from an overturned and abandoned barge, the vessel continues to leak fuel, and portions of the stain have moved about 144km (89 miles) into the Caribbean Sea at a rate of 14km/h.

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