Kiel (dpa) – A German federal police helicopter spotted a 50-kilometre-long oil spill in the North Sea on Friday.
The spill was a described as a “narrow” trail about 300 metres wide that contained oil clumps drifting on the water.
It was located west of Helgoland, a small German archipelago.
The maritime emergencies command has ordered several ships to the area to fight the spill.
The source of the oil was unknown.
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