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All fuel removed from tanks of stricken ship off Mauritius coast: PM

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Oil from the stricken vessel has reached some of the island's most pristine beaches, threatening corals, local wildlife and the country's tourism industry.

Fishermen and skippers tend to a makeshift oil extraction device at the Mahébourg waterfront in Mauritius in order to prevent a further oil spill from the MV

Wakashio vessel.Salvage crews have successfully pumped all the fuel from the tanks of a giant cargo ship which ran aground off Mauritius, the prime minister said,

 

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