An oil spill that has polluted Bulgarias Danube River actually originated from a refinery in Prahovo, Serbia. The spill entered the Bulgarian part of the Danube on 2 October. The total length of the spill was 140km and consisted of petroleum and fuel oil.

Serbia s state water inspectorate said that it did not receive a signal concerning the spill until the evening of 2 October. The spill passed just 200m away from a nuclear power plant in Kozlodui, Bulgaria, but fortunately it failed to pollute the riverbank near the plant.

Bulgarian authorities are now setting up fences to stop further oil spills and a ship will enter the Danube River to collect the oil spill.