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Israel nature reserve oil spill 'one of
country's worst environmental disasters'
Three people hospitalised after inhaling fumes
from oil gushing out of a breached pipeline near Evrona reserve
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Millions
of litres of oil gushing out of a breached pipeline flooded a desert nature
reserve in Israel overnight,
causing one of the country’s worst environmental disasters, officials and media
said.
Three
people were hospitalised after inhaling fumes released by an accidental rupture
in the Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline near the Evrona reserve, on the Jordanian
border, police said.
Israel
Radio reported Wednesday night’s breach happened during maintenance work.
The main
road leading to Eilat, a Red Sea resort, from central Israel was closed
intermittently as emergency teams contained the leak.
Evrona is
known for its deer population and douma palms.
— Ran Lior (@RanLior)December 3,
2014
“Crude
oil flowed throughout the reserve, causing serious damage ... to flora and
fauna,” Environment Ministry official Guy Samet told Israel Radio on Thursday.
He estimated the spillage at millions of litres.
“Rehabilitation
will take months, if not years ... This is one of the State of Israel’s gravest
pollution events. We are still having trouble gauging the full extent of the
contamination.”
There was
no immediate word of any injuries or damage on the Jordanian side of the
frontier.
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