ZAGREB, Aug 31 (Hina) - About 1,000 litres of oil spilled out on Friday in an uninhabited area along the Lonja river near Popovaca, 50 km south-east of Zagreb, due to a rupture in a nearby oil-well. According to the State Information
Centre, the rupture occurred at 0920 hours at about one km from the Lonja and some two km from the nearest housing units. The oil polluted some 200 square metres of soil. The oil-well was closed down. All measures were taken to safeguard the rupture.(hina) ha
ZAGREB, Aug 31 (Hina) - About 1,000 litres of oil spilled out on
Friday in an uninhabited area along the Lonja river near Popovaca,
50 km south-east of Zagreb, due to a rupture in a nearby oil-well.
According to the State Information Centre, the rupture occurred at
0920 hours at about one km from the Lonja and some two km from the
nearest housing units. The oil polluted some 200 square metres of
soil.
The oil-well was closed down. All measures were taken to safeguard
the rupture.
(hina) ha