Oil spill threatens ecological disaster as Mauritius declares emergency

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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials and environmentalists say.

The MV Wakashio, owned by the Nagashiki Shipping Company, struck the reef on Mauritius' southeast coast on July 25.

On Thursday, the government said fuel was leaking from a crack in the vessel's hull and Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth declared a state of environmental emergency, pleading for international help.

"The sinking of the #Wakashio represents a danger for Mauritius," Jugnauth said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/oil-spill-threatens-ecological-disaster-as-mauritius-declares-emergency/ar-BB17J0aa?li=BBnb7Kz

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1. I remember reading about this about a week ago - before the leak, but they were worried

about a leak eventually inevitably happening and pleading for help before then.

I did not know it is a small island about 500 miles east of Madagascar