Saga Oil film check at Rokukakugawa Kawaguchi Seki sluice closure August 30 15:07
According to the Takeo River Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it was confirmed that a strip-shaped oil film floated from Omachi to Shiroishi in the Rokkaku River flowing through Saga Prefecture.
The oil slick was observed between the point of 2 km upstream from the estuary and the point near 17 km, and the surface of the Ariake Sea near the estuary.
In order to prevent oil spilling into the sea, Takeo River Office closed the sluice gate of the mouth of the Rokukaku River in Shiraishi Town on the afternoon of 30th and recovered oil using an adsorption mat. The
Whether or not it is an oil spill at a factory in Omachi is “under examination and not yet understood” and is investigating the cause.