In turn, the island of Porquerolles (Var) is affected by oil spills after the collision of two ships off Corsica on 7 October.
The island of Porquerolles, located in a National Park, was in turn affected by oil pellets, probably stranded there after the collision of two ships off the coast of Corsica on October 7, we learned this Friday at the Park.
"On all beaches and rocky areas north of the island, scattered pellets and pellets were observed and analyzed by National Park teams placed on alert," said the Park in a statement. "These sites are subject to a diagnosis and then a clean-up plan , " according to the Polmar plan, the statement added.
"The clearance company will last as long as necessary"
This Friday evening, 26 beaches of 9 communes of the Var were impacted by the pollution with the oil slabs, according to the prefecture, with Sainte-Maxime, Saint-Tropez, Ramatuelle, Cross-Valmer, Hyères (Porquerolles), Grimaud, Cogolin , Gassin and Bormes-les-Mimosas. 150 people were mobilized this Friday to clean these beaches, according to the prefecture.
"The cleanup company will last as long as necessary," said Serge Jacob, secretary general of the prefecture, insisting on the importance of a "qualitative" action, with "duly supervised stakeholders, in accordance with the biodiversity .
The remediation actions will evolve "according to the strength of the currents and the wind," he added. The prefecture asked the inhabitants, in a statement, "not to touch or pick up the pancakes they can find but to inform their town hall, the police or gendarmerie (at 17) or the fire department . "
All polluted beaches are closed to the public. For these clearance operations, the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region announced in a statement Thursday to have released an emergency fund of € 100,000.