People near South Wales river told to keep windows and doors shut after 1, 000 s of litres of kerosene from a GE Aerospace site got into the water Oily slicks of kerosene still appeared to be leaking into the River Taff this week, several days after a breach of thousands of litres was spotted by members of the public.
The breach into the Welsh river was identified last Friday, after people reported strong chemical odours emanating from the river. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) officers arrived on site soon afterwards to identify the source of the pollution and were assisted by South Wales fire and rescue service, which placed absorbent mats and booms to contain as much kerosene as possible.
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