China: oil slick from sunken tanker trebles in size
by Agence France-Presse from on (#3DXYT)
Iranian ship Sanchi went down carrying one million barrels of oil that is highly toxic to marine life
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 by Sunday had surveyed three oil slicks with a total surface area of 332 sq km (128 square miles), compared with the 101 sq km seen last Wednesday, China's State Oceanic Administration said in a statement.
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