Rescue workers clean up oil deposits from at Koh
Larn’s Tawan Beach.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
About 50 Pattaya and Marine Department workers needed about four
hours to clean up a minor oil spill that washed ashore at Koh Larn’s Tawan
Beach.
Suspected to emanate from a passing ship, the oil slick fouled a portion of
beach, clumping in balls along the shoreline Dec. 7. While not permanently
damaging, the spill prevented tourists from going in the water at the beach.
One beach umbrella vendor said such minor spills occur frequently and
accused locals boats of dumping fuel overboard or negligently polluting the
sea.
