Oil spill disaster in Spain

A major environmental disaster was trying to be avoided off the coast of Spain as rescue teams bid to secure the 3,000 tonnes of oil which leaked in to the sea after the tanker Prestige was damaged following a storm.
Wildlife have already been affected by the spillage as a number of fish and birds have begun to wash up on the shore in North Western Spain.

The ship was carrying a total of 70,000 tonnes of oil and although the leak is stopped for the moment, bad weather has made it impossible for the ship to be moved to a secure location.

Fears have also grown that the Prestige could break in two and release the rest of it’s fuel into the sea, which would see one of the worst environmental disasters in the world ever to occur.