Oil slick from sunken tanker off China coast trebles in size


The bodies of only three of the Sanchi's 30 Iranian and two Bangladeshi crew members have been found, after the vessel collided with Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter CF Crystal earlier this month. – AFP pic, January 22, 2018.

THE spill from a sunken Iranian tanker off China’s east coast has more than trebled in size, just over a week after the ship sank in a ball of flames.

Authorities spotted three oil slicks with a total surface area of 332 sq km, compared with the 101 sq km reported on Wednesday, the State Oceanic Administration said in a statement late yesterday.


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