Cleanup Victims’ Kin to Be Compensated
From Times Wire Reports
Families of people who died while cleaning up spilled oil off Japan’s west coast will each receive about $8,200 in compensation, the government said. The announcement came soon after reports of a fifth death that may be related to cleanup efforts--a 68-year-old heart attack victim who died after a full day cleaning up the oil. Thousands of fishermen, firefighters and others are helping the coast guard clean up an estimated 1.2 million gallons of fuel oil spilled from a Russian tanker that broke in two Jan. 2.
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