About 720 thousand. liters of oil were released into the environment in the Chilean region Magallanes due to a leak at the enterprise of the Argentine oil and gas company YPF. This was reported on Wednesday by the Chilean radio station BioBio. According to her, the oil spill has affected an area of ??about 6 thousand. square.

The company has already begun to take measures to eliminate the consequences of the incident.. Specialists from the Department of Emergency Situations of the region located in southern Chile also went to the site of the oil spill.. They will assess the level of pollution and decide what actions should be taken.. Authorities estimate that spill response may take several weeks.. At the moment there is no information that the incident caused damage to the local flora or fauna.