Furnace oil from tanks at the Sapugaskanda Oil Refinery has overflowed following heavy rain and is threatening the Kelani River.
If the oil reaches the river it will affect water distribution from the Ambathale and Biyagama water treatment plants.
The Sri Lanka Navy and Coast Guard have been deployed to skim the furnace oil from the flood waters and prevent a further spread.
The Navy said that the Heiyanthuduwa area in Sapugaskanda has been flooded due to heavy rains and there is a risk of the furnace oil mixed with water in the Sapugaskanda area drifting into the Kelani River through the Pattivila canal.
Steps are being taken by the Navy and Coast Guard to place a floating boom to prevent a further spread of furnace oil and use an oil skimmer to prevent the oil from reaching the Kelani River.
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What a bunch of jokers, I mean the environmental jokers. They come on TV and say they have booms to stop the old spill from the sicken ship. In reality they can not even control an inland old seep in a canal.