Oil slick appears in downtown Prague

An oil slick approximately 200 metres long and 20 metres wide appeared on a stretch of the Vltava River running through the centre of Prague on Saturday morning. The firefighters sent to clean up the slick said that it had probably been caused by several moored boats leaking petrol. Firefighters tried to absorb the worst of the slick for two hours this morning, before handing the clean-up operation to a specialist firm.

Author: Rosie Johnston