Mother Apaporn Somjai, 22, brought her children
to play in the ocean but quickly pulled them out when she noticed the oil.
Teerarak Suthathiwong
An oil slick that washed up on Jomtien Beach had locals pointing
fingers at a tanker that was thought to have capsized three days earlier.
The black stain with balls of petroleum washed ashore near Soi 15 in Jomtien
April 10, stretching for about a kilometer of sand. Ten workers cleaned up
the mess with sanitation chief Laddawadee Chawna speculating the oil came
from a tanker that capsized off the Maha Chai Bay in Samut Sakorn April 7.
Beach chair vendor Pojjanee Payungkasem, 52, said she’d never seen Jomtien
polluted as much as the current spill.
Mother Apaporn Somjai, 22, had brought her kids to play in the ocean and
quickly pulled them out when she noticed the oil.
