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What happened when the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaskan coast?

The coastline caught fire.

All wildlife fled inland. Millions of gallons of oil spilled.

The tanker caused an explosion.

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Answer: Millions of gallons of oil spilled.

When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez struck a reef on the Alaskan coast, it spilled

10.8 million US gallons or a mass of 35,000 metric tons of crude oil thus it was considered as one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters.


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