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Fifty-seven residents from Marabella have so far been evacuated following an oil spill in the Marabella River.
They are currently being housed at the Royal Hotel, as Heritage Petroleum Company Ltd continues clean-up operations.
Guardian Media was told that the company received a report about the oil spill around 10 a.m. yesterday and traced the source of the leak to a 12-inch pipeline near the Brian Lara Stadium. A Heritage official said the leak has been contained, and clean-up operations are ongoing at various points along the river course.
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