Authorities still attempting to reach sunken tanker and clarify how much oil hasactually dripped released : 8 Mar 2023 at 17: 33 Coast guard workers and volunteers gather particles covered with oil throughout a clean-up along the coast at Pola in Oriental Mindoro province of the Philippines, days after an oil spill from a sunken tanker. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard bymeansof AFP) MANILA: Dozens of individuals in the Philippines haveactually fallen ill after oil from a sunken tanker cleaned up on their coasts, authorities stated Wednesday, as authorities hadahardtime to reach the dripping vessel. The Princess Empress was bring 800,000 litres of commercial fuel oil when it sank more than a week ago off the main island of Mindoro, south of the capital Manila. Diesel fuel and thick oil from the vessel haveactually infected the waters and beaches of 9 towns along the coast of Oriental Mindoro province, Governor Humerlito Dolor informed pressreporters. Oil hasactually been found as far south as Semirara
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