Marine pollution alert in Lanzarote ends

The Canary Islands Government will, from 5:00 p.m. this Sunday, end the marine pollution alert declared in Lanzarote due to the spill caused by the Moroccan fishing vessel that ran aground and burned on the coast of Haría, near Órzola.

This was announced in a statement by the General Directorate of Emergencies of the regional Executive since, after the control and cleaning work of the coastline carried out by the Security and Emergency Consortium of that island, "no traces of pollution are observed in the vicinity of the remains of the stranded vessel."

No new spills have been detected either in the place, so it has been proceeded to finalize the alert situation and deactivate the Territorial Emergency Plan of Civil Protection of the Canary Islands.

The Ministry of Transport reported on Friday afternoon that it was maintaining the National Maritime Plan in force on the coast of Lanzarote due to this spill, although it lowered it one degree, by deactivating the emergency phase to leave it on alert.

The fishing vessel ran aground in the early morning of last Wednesday on the coast of Haría, near the town of Órzola, and the skipper has reported its theft.

It is estimated that it had left Morocco with about 5,500 liters of diesel, but a good part of the fuel that remained in its tanks burned when it caught fire.