Oil slick pollutes lake Geneva

Emergency services were struggling to contain a mystery oil slick polluting part of Lake Geneva today.

Fri, 10 Sep, 2004 - 16:54

Emergency services were struggling to contain a mystery oil slick polluting part of Lake Geneva today.

Water police and firefighters from Switzerland and neighbouring France placed barrages around the slick in an attempt contain it, but it was already 1,100 yards long and 220 yards wide.

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