Container ship catches fire and sinks, leaving 10-kilometre fuel spill off the Atlantic Coast

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The French navy releases images of flames and black smoke spewing from the ship before it sinks, polluting an area that stretches to the horizon.

French authorities are working to contain a fuel spill off the Atlantic Coast after an Italian container ship sank following a fire.French and British rescue teams saved all crew before the ship sankFrench and British rescue teams saved all 27 people aboard the Grande America after it sank on Tuesday , according to a French government statement.

The regional maritime authority said the ship had since leaked fuel over an area about 10 kilometres long and one kilometre wide.

 

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