Clean-up crews are scrambling to contain an oil spill from a Greek tanker as it menaces some of Athens' most popular holiday beaches.
The vessel, Agia Zoni II, was carrying 2,500 tonnes of fuel when it sank off the island of Salamis on Sunday.
Nearby beaches were soiled by the oil, but officials believed it could be contained given mild wind conditions.
Five days on, parts of the slick have drifted miles away to the resort of Glyfada, on the Athens Riviera.
The much-loved beaches of Voula and Vouliagmeni are being threatened by the thick black tide.
Environmental groups have complained that officials bungled their response to the spill, saying it was allowed to spread out of control.
"This leak happened near the country's biggest harbour [Piraeus], just miles away from the operation centre of the ministry tasked with addressing such disasters," Dimitris Ibrahim, campaign director at Greenpeace Greece, told local news site In.gr.
Source: Sligo Today
