Oil has washed up on six kilometres of coastline in and around Algeciras.

Although tests have yet to formally confirm this, it is widely assumed that the source of the fuel was Tuesday’s fire in the port of Gibraltar.

Despite efforts to contain as much oil here using booms and cleanup equipment, some appears to have escaped into the bay.
Pushed by levanter winds, it has ended up tarring the Spanish coastline.

A major cleanup operation was under way in Algeciras yesterday, watched by a steady stream of local and regional Spanish politicians who headed down to the beach to monitor events and grab a quick photo opportunity.

Officials in Gibraltar and Spain were in contact yesterday to “evaluate the damage”, according to Francisco Menacho, justice and governance spokesman at the Junta de Andalucia.

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