100 Kg of Fish Killed by 6-ton Chemical Spill
An estimated 100 kg of fish were killed and about 1,000 villagers were told not to drink from a stream that was contaminated with 6 tons of an unknown chemical substance in Kompong Chhnang province on Tuesday night, police said. A truck carrying 22 containers of chemicals from Poipet City to Phnom Penh crashed into a bridge railing in Kompong Tralach district, spilling the contents from six of the containers into the Boeng Pur stream, district deputy traffic police chief Meas Sophin said yesterday. … Mr. Sophin said the chemical was “some kind of acid” and the driver of the truck, Yim Ouch, was carrying an invoice Crown Company located in Phnom Penh. …
