31.   Firemen managed to plug the leak quickly, preventing further spillage, but some had already floated out into the open sea.

32.   Gas company crews plugged the leak Monday afternoon.

33.   In the past two decades, officials have failed to plug leaks in pipelines, clear silt from Lake Carraizo and create new water supplies.

34.   It took five days to plug the leak.

35.   Local emergency workers plugged the leak and built two small dams to prevent the oil from spreading into the nearby Machtovayta river, which flows into the Amur river.

36.   On Sunday, Marcopper engineers said they had failed in another attempt to plug the leak.

37.   Officials have not plugged leaks nor cleared silt-clogging mountain reservoirs.

38.   Officials from Omai Gold Mines Ltd. said the leak was plugged on Thursday.

39.   Only a trace amount of fuel oil and gasoline spilled before firefighters plugged the leaks.

40.   One storage tank was damaged, but the leaks were plugged within hours.