Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill

By Cara Anna
Updated August 9 2020 - 2:56pm, first published 2:53pm
A grounded bulk carrier is leaking oil towards the coast of Mauritius.
A grounded bulk carrier is leaking oil towards the coast of Mauritius.

Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tonnes of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered wildlife in further peril.

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