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30 October 2015
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On Tuesday reports started coming in that something black was washing
up on several parts of Hua Hin Beach, and this turned out to be oil, which
was coating every piece of flotsam and jetsom washing up on the beach.
Hua Hin mayor Nopporn Wuthikul then closed the beach and ordered local
health and environmental officials to clean it up and collect samples for
testing but at time of writing it was unknown how long this would take or
when the beach would reopen.
Hua Hin deputy mayor Pailin Kongphan said it was the first time oil had
washed up on Hua Hin beach. The navy had been asked to track down
the source, he said. The mayor said the hardest-hit areas were a stretch
of about 10 kilometres from Khao Takiap to the Hua Hin fishing pier, and
in front of the Klai Kangwon Palace. The major cleanup began at 9am on
Wednesday morning, involving employees from the Hua Hin municipality,
district office and civilian volunteers who scooped up blackened sand and
oil-coated objects, disposing of them in black bags hauled away by garbage
trucks. People are warned to stay away from the beach and sea until official
notices are posted advising that the water quality has returned to normal.
The oil slicks are diminishing as the days go by, but speculation is rife as
to where they came from, with some internet forum users suggesting that
they might be connected to the container vessel that sank on September
19th about eight nautical miles off Samut Prakan, killing four crewmen.
Samples taken should reveal the source within about two weeks, said
Surachai Sinprakorb, an official from the provincial energy office.
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