La coruña, spain

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Urquiola; La Coruña, Spain.
La Coruña, Spain.
1. On May 12, 1976, the Tank Vessel Urquiola struck a submerged object while approaching the Coruña Oil Terminal at La Coruña, Spain. The vessel began to leak cargo from the damaged bow section. Due to the threat of explosion and fire, the Port Commandant ordered the Urquiola out of the harbor, away from the refinery and town of 200,000 inhabitants. While being assisted out of the harbor by two tugs, the leaking vessel grounded again, further rupturing the bow tanks. All of the crew, except for the captain and pilot, abandoned the ship when it began to list. Two hours later the vessel exploded, killing the captain. Approximately 513,000 barrels of oil burned in the subsequent 16-hour fire. Burning oil spread out from the vessel and was eventually extinguished by the cooling effect of the seawater. Dense clouds of smoke were blown over the town of La Coruña. A safety zone one mile in radius [...]
2. THREAT: OIL. COMMODITY: LIGHT ARABIAN CRUDE OIL, BUNKER FUEL. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 9240000 GALLONS. TAGS: COLLISION.
3. POSITION 43.367N 008.383W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6229: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6229