Oil spill spreads across Caribbean from Tobago to Bonaire - BBC News

The oil from a capsized barge off the coast of Tobago is threatening Bonaire's mangrove forests.

1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersImage caption, The barge capsized off the shore of TobagoBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsOil leaking from a capsized barge off the coast of Tobago has spread hundreds of miles to reach the Caribbean island of Bonaire.

Officials on Bonaire, which is located 50 miles (80km) north of the Venezuelan coast, said the oil posed a "serious threat to both humans and nature".

The island is the latest to have been contaminated with oil from the barge which ran aground earlier this month.

It is still unclear who owns the barge and what may have caused it to sink.

The authorities on Bonaire, which is a special municipality of the Netherlands, said the island's east coast, including Sorobon, Lac and Lagun, had been polluted.

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