Turkish Cypriots work to clean oil spill
(AFP) – 12 hours ago
NICOSIA — Dozens of workers on Thursday struggled to contain the pollution caused by an oil spill along the coastline of northeast Cyprus, officials said.
The spill occurred when around 100 tonnes of fuel leaked into the sea when a tanker was offloading at a power plant on Tuesday in the town of Gastrias (known in Turkish as Kalecik).
Mehmet Harmanci, tourism, environment and culture chief of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, said a ship from Turkey equipped with pollution control equipment was helping the clean-up.
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