Legal Action Vowed After Toxic Spill

Volunteers hauled away tons of dead fish from waters poisoned by a mining reservoir spill in the nation’s south, and the government vowed to pursue legal action against the company it holds responsible. Hundreds of workers in protective masks fanned out along the river banks and marshlands at the edge of Donana National Park, Europe’s largest nature reserve, to help with the massive cleanup. Spain’s environment minister promised to take the mine’s owners, Canadian-Swedish conglomerate Boliden Ltd., to court for contaminating the environment.