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Worker Wipes Oil Off Himself During Oil Spill Clean up in Northern Spain
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SPAIN: November 21, 2002


A worker wipes oil off himself after positioning a suction tube being used to remove fuel oil at the beach in Camelle, northern Spain, November 20, 2002.


The fuel oil arrived on shore last week after leaking from the Bahamas registered tanker Prestige, which sank off northwestern Spain loaded with over 60,000 tonnes of fuel oil, November 19.



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