Oil spreads to the US coast of Florida

The oil trail behind BP's rig explosion came close to the famous white sand beaches in Florida state yesterday.

Oil has reached more than 11 km from the famous tourist beaches of Pensacola, Florida. Yesterday rescue workers had to race against time to connect floating barriers of tens of kilometers in length - which were designed to block oil. However, their efforts are hampered by storms and strong winds. In the afternoon, the weather returned to normal.

Droplets of oil fell from Bobby Jindal's gloves, governor of Louisiana and the United States when he inspected an oil-contaminated beach on June 2.Photo: AP.

Experts predict oil spills can reach the shores of Florida state tomorrow, threatening a series of islands, bays and beaches - inhabited by wild animals and plants and also a favorite destination. of tourists.

"We are doing things in our capacity, but we cannot change what happened," said John Dosh, director of Escambia County emergency management - including Pensacola City.

Thad Allen, a Coast Guard admiral and also a US special envoy for the oil spill campaign, announced that officials have moved more people, motorboats and helicopters to the east bank. of the Gulf of Mexico to deal with oil stains.

The worst oil spill in US history began on April 20 with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig, which killed 11 workers. Then crude oil from the well drains to the surface and extends over an area of ​​about 200 km in the coast of Louisiana. Oil also reached the mainland of Alabama and Misissippi. According to government estimates, over the past 6 weeks about 68 to 150 million liters of crude oil have escaped from the well.

The AP reported yesterday BP dispatched robots to saw a broken oil pipe from a leak well. If this broken pipe is cut off, one can cover the rest to prevent most of the oil from escaping from the well. But the giant saw got stuck when it wasn't done and the engineers took 12 hours to get it out. The British group announced that they would continue to cut pipes, but did not give a specific time.