PARIS — 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 27 people aboard the Grande America after it sank Tuesday, according to a French government statement. The regional maritime authority says the ship has since leaked fuel over an area of about 10 kilometres long and one kilometre wide. The ship sank about 330 kilometres west of the French city of La Rochelle, while en route from Hamburg to Casablanca. ——This story was earlier corrected to show that ship that sunk was a container ship, and not a tanker, and that it was a fuel spill not an oil spill.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 14:26 UTC