Overview
- Emergency crews deployed booms and cleanup vessels to confine the slick in the Ría de Vigo after a tank failure during handling operations at the Port of Guixar.
- Officials say the product is palm oil or livestock‑feed fat that is not toxic, and the leaking tank has been secured.
- One worker was seriously injured and another suffered minor injuries, with both receiving medical care after the implosion and pipe rupture inside the silo.
- Guardacostas and Salvamento Marítimo assets, including Valentín Paz Andrade, Ría de Vigo, Salvamar Mirach and the Pelícano cleanup vessel, were sent to the scene along with port police and contractors.
- The National Police and forensic teams opened a workplace‑accident investigation, with the spill volume and exact cause still undetermined.