Plaxtol oil spill into river stumps experts

ENVIRONMENT chiefs are investigating a mystery fuel leak into a major Plaxtol river.Oil has been seeping into the River Bourne for more than a month and the cause of the spill has baffled authorities.Parish council chairman Patrick Thomas said the oil, which appears to be domestic fuel, was seeping out of a bank into a small stream that feeds the river, but where it is coming from is a mystery.But the issue is not the first unidentifiable leak after the parish council has had to deal with, after...


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