State of emergency in Mauritius due to 'oil spill'

(ANSA) - PORT LOUIS, 08 AUG - epa08590349 A handout satellite image made available byMAXAR Technologies shows the MV Wakashio, a bulk carrier shipthat recently ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius, 07 August 2020. The ship was sailing from China to Brazil whenit hit coral reefs near Pointe dÂ'Esny on July 25. The ship isleaking a considerable amount of oil into the ocean and the oilslick is drifting northwest and to the shore. According to newsreports, the ship was carrying 3,894 metric tons of low sulfurfuel oil, 207 metric tons of diesel and 90 metric tons oflubricant oil. In the link provided below is a gallery ofsatellite images that focuses on the ship stuck on the coralreefs, including imagery collected on August 1 that shows theship before it started leaking oil, and imagery collected thismorning (August 7) ​​that shows the ship sinking into the oceanand oozing oil. EPA / MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / HANDOUT - MANDATORYCREDIT: SATELLITE IMAGE 2020 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES - the watermarkmay not be removed / cropped - HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NOSALES EMBED END Image {id: "editor_0"} The Prime Minister of Mauritius said the state of environmental emergency and has appealed to France for urgent assistance while the 'oil spill' caused by a leak caused by a stranded oil tanker does not stop. The agitated sea has in fact thwarted efforts to stop the loss. coming from the tanker MV Wakashio. "A state of environmental emergency has been declared," Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth wrote on Twitter. (HANDLE).