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Mauritius residents rush to help efforts to contain oil spill

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Mauritius residents rush to help efforts to contain oil spill

Mauritius residents rush to help efforts to contain oil spill

Local residents rushed to contain the oil spill that befell Mauritius after a bulk carrier run aground a coral reef on the island on July 25.

Residents made makeshift absorbent barriers of straw-stuffed into fabric sacks in a bid to contain and absorb the oil.

Some of the oil has already reached the coasts.

This footage was filmed by @gregrouxel and @hugoclementk on August 8.


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