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Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico

July 13th, 2012 by Victor Hugo Valdivia
Victor Hugo Valdivia
Monterrey, Mexico, North America
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Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
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Mexican firefighters prevented the oil spill during a drill.
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A trailer carrying flammable material enters the Mexican customs.
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Mexican firefighters prepare for contingency plan on fuel spill during the drill.
Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
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Mexican firefighters prevented the oil spill during a drill.
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During a simulation, Mexican firefighters carry an injured man to the ambulance.
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During a simulation, Mexican firefighters place an injured man in the ambulance.
Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
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Mexican firefighters prevented the oil spill during a drill.
Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
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Mexican firefighters prevented the oil spill during a drill.
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Mexican firefighters prevented the oil spill during a drill. This firefighter is throwing absorbent to soak up the simulated spill.
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Mexican firefighters prepare for contingency plan on fuel spill during the drill.
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
  • Response team trains for potential oil spill on border of Mexico
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To evaluate the responsiveness and teamwork for spills of chemicals such as oil, and to prevent deaths and damage to the environment, the governments of Mexico and the United States staged ​​a simulated spill at the Colombia Bridge border crossing.

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