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Emergency centre to close as slick dissipates

Emergency centre to close as slick dissipates

700 affected locals complain about spill

Pollution Control Department officials work to clean up the oil spill that washed ashore along a 2-kilometre stretch of Rayong’s Mae Ramphueng beach on Saturday. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya.

RAYONG: Authorities will close an emergency centre after oil sludge was cleared from Mae Ramphueng Beach and the sea off the beachfront of this eastern province.

A committee of state agencies, tourism operators, beach vendors, and environmental groups will be set up to inspect the area and assess the situation when the tide is on the ebb to ensure there is no more oil.

All going well, the emergency centre overseeing the clean-up operation will then be closed.

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