Mauritius urgently responds to fuel spill
Our newspaper, Johannesburg, August 10 (Reporter Lv Qiang) News from Port Louis: Mauritian Prime Minister Jagnarth held a press conference on the 9th to announce that about 530 tons of fuel had been drawn from the ruptured oil depot of a cargo ship stranded in the southeastern coast of Mauritius. , The fuel leakage has stopped, but there is still about 2500 tons of fuel on the cargo ship, and the hull is at risk of further rupture. Jagnarth said that Mauritius has set up a committee to deal with the fuel spill. The committee will follow up on the scene and the progress of the operation.
On July 25, the cargo ship "Wakao" belonging to a Japanese company ran aground while passing through the southeastern waters of Mauritius. The cargo ship was carrying approximately 4,000 tons of fuel oil. On August 6, the hull of the cargo ship broke, causing a large amount of fuel leakage. On the evening of the 7th, the Maoist government declared that the country had entered an "environmental emergency." Satellite images show that a piece of dark oil pollution is spreading in the waters near the ecologically "very sensitive" marine reserve. It is estimated that about 1,000 tons of fuel have leaked into the nearby sea.