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Indonesia: 5 Dead After Massive Oil Spill Off Island of Borneo

HeadlineApr 09, 2018

In Indonesia, the port city of Balikpapan has declared a state of emergency, after a massive oil spill spread along the coast of the island of Borneo, killing five people and contaminating an area larger than the city of Paris. The Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina has admitted the oil spill began after one of its underseas pipes burst.

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