Slimy strip: Weekend anglers along the Esplanade trying to fish despite the strip of black oil floating on the sea.
GEORGE TOWN: An oil spill has polluted a 5km coastline on the island stretching from Swettenham Pier to Gurney Drive.
Sea currents pushed the black oil – estimated to be a few thousand litres – to the shoreline, creating a slimy strip up to 2m wide in some stretches.
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