Race in Mauritius to empty oil tanker

By Andrew Meldrum
Updated August 11 2020 - 3:06am, first published 3:03am
More than 1000 tons of fuel has washed up on the eastern coast of Mauritius.
More than 1000 tons of fuel has washed up on the eastern coast of Mauritius.

Urgent efforts continue in Mauritius to empty a stranded Japanese ship of an estimated 2500 tons of oil before the vessel breaks up and increases the contamination of the island's once-pristine Indian Ocean coastline.

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