600 gallons of oil spills off the Galápagos Islands

A barge carrying 600 gallons of diesel fuel sank in waters off the Galápagos Islands early Sunday, prompting emergency cleanup operations.

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[ThimbleFox]

Yes well let us not mention the number of species which are endemic to the Galápagos Islands. (They don't live anywhere else in the world)

[janina]

Gee and those guys looked so professional at their job who could imagine this would happen?

[IRZ]

I know this was an accident, but we are hurting our planet. And imagine how many fish were killed from this.

One like equals (hopefully) one fish saved,

you can name the fish in the comments if you want too. I’m naming my “saved” fish after my grandmas cat, Yoshi. He died 2 years ago, I loved him so much. 😪

[lochnessamonster]

That’s not oil!
That’s Freedom Fuel!

[victorallencook]

And remember, God is not ruining the earth, man is .🙏

[victorallencook]

Things money will not fix. Write that check for $100, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, but the damage is priceless .

[victorallencook]

Don't know what we've got til it's gone . 🌊

[starkravingralph]

Aaaand it had to happen where so many unique non humans live. Unreal. This is sickening.

[UnitedK]

Somebody definitely got fired for this.

[KRitzmanCounselor]

Why are oil spills so common? Isn’t this something that people in the industry know how to prevent? I know if I carry a huge stack of dishes, I can expect to drop a couple, so it makes sense that I wouldn’t even try to do that. If you transport oil for a living, don’t you know how to do it the right way? Wouldn’t that be the first thing you’re taught when learning the job? I would ask, “so, yeah, it’s my first day and all, and I’m wondering what I can do to avoid having an oil spill because that’s the biggest question I have right now.”

[jimfix]

This is exactly why we don’t deserve to go to mars. It would be a trash heap within five years.

[clydefrog]

Hope everyone is okay. The operator stayed in the cab and looked unconscious after the first hit. Smh

[shadowdrift]

Another ocean that no one can swim anymore. Yay.

[chrismanning]

4200lbs on that crane was a stupid lift. This was not planned out properly.

[glenbaker]

Does anyone know about the driver, he was just hanging there when it went into the water, , , Thxs for the info

[Mr.Meeseeks]

600, I wonder how big of a fine the company will

[Iamrightyouarewrong]

It's diesel fuel not crude oil, Not as dangerous.

[JUGGERNAUT____]

600 gallons... not a big story here. 6 hundred gallons isn't much at all.

[uncleg]

What happened to the crane operator, you could see his legs when the crane flipped over.

[brianszymanski]

Greed and stupidity of man and his presicious cargo spoils mother nature once again. Nice video.