Petrobras oil company has been fined $28m

巴西石油公司被罰2800萬美元

Environmental workers in Brazil are fighting to contain the country's biggest oil spill in 25 years.

Millions of litres of crude oil are flowing down the southern Iguacu River, endangering drinking water, farm land and animal life along a 230 km (140 mile) stretch.

Dead fish, birds and mammals coated in oil are washing up on the river banks, according to environmental officials.

State-owned oil company Petrobras is to be fined $28m for the spill - the maximum allowed for environmental disasters.

The leak took place 630km upstream from Iguacu falls, a major tourist attraction.

巴西環保人員正在努力控制本國25年來最大的原油泄漏事故。

幾百萬升的原油順伊瓜蘇河流下，對230公里(140英里)河長以內的飲水、耕地和動物生命造成威脅。

環保官員說，身上沾滿原油的死魚、死鳥和各種哺乳動物被沖上河岸。

國有的巴西石油公司將因這一泄油事故被罰款2800萬美元，這是環境污染事件允許的最高罰款。

這一事故發生在巴西一重要旅游勝地伊瓜蘇瀑布上游630公里處。