Authorities said the spill currently stretches more than three miles out at sea.
A ferry that ran aground off southeastern Sweden and leaked oil into the Baltic Sea has been pulled free Wednesday and anchored nearby, the Swedish coastguard said.The Marco Polo, operated by the TT-Line of Germany, was operating a route along Sweden’s coast between the cities of Trelleborg and Karlshamn when it ran aground on October 22 and started leaking oil.The 75 passengers and crew were unharmed and were evacuated.
The leaking fuel eventually reached the shores and wildlife of Pukavik Bay near Solvesborg, around 70 miles north-east of Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city.The damaged fuel tanks contained about 160 cubic metres of oil before the grounding.Earlier, the coastguard said the ferry had suffered “extensive damage” and would eventually be towed into the harbour of Karlshamn.
More than 500 birds are estimated to have been affected by the oil that washed on to the coast, Swedish public broadcaster SVT said.
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