Spilled Oil Threatens British South Coast
<i> Associated Press</i>
LONDON —
Oil that leaked from a supertanker threatened a marine nature reserve, oyster beds and 15 miles of beaches Wednesday as it washed up along Britain’s scenic south coast.
High winds foiled efforts to disperse the slick at sea.
Government officials said that half of the 293,916 gallons of oil that spilled from the tanker had been cleaned up.
The oil leaked from the Liberian-registered supertanker Rosebay after a collision Saturday with a British trawler 14 miles from the Devon coast.
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