STORY: French authorities battled on Thursday (March 14) to prevent the risk of a major oil slick after the Italian cargo ship Grande America sank in the Atlantic this week.
The Grimaldi Lines container ship capsized and sank on March 12 after it caught fire while sailing from Hamburg to Casablanca.
Britain's Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll managed to rescue all 27 crew members from out of the water.
French authorities said a 10 kilometre (6 miles) long and one kilometre (0.6 miles) wide oil slick could reach the coast of southern Brittany by the end of the weekend.
The cargo ship was carrying 2,200 tones of heavy fuel when it sank 333 kilometres (207 miles) away from the town of La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime area of western France.
STORY: French authorities battled on Thursday (March 14) to prevent the risk of a major oil slick after the Italian cargo ship Grande America sank in the Atlantic this week.
The Grimaldi Lines container ship capsized and sank on March 12 after it caught fire while sailing from Hamburg to Casablanca.
Britain's Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll managed to rescue all 27 crew members from out of the water.
French authorities said a 10 kilometre (6 miles) long and one kilometre (0.6 miles) wide oil slick could reach the coast of southern Brittany by the end of the weekend.
The cargo ship was carrying 2,200 tones of heavy fuel when it sank 333 kilometres (207 miles) away from the town of La Rochelle in the Charente-Maritime area of western France.

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