The Nelson Mandela Bay metro reopened its Blue Flag beaches on Sunday morning after issuing an alarm and closing the beaches following an ‘oil spill’ on Saturday. It turns out the black substance found on the city’s coastline was ash from nearby veld fires.
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro reopened its Blue Flag beaches on Sunday morning after issuing an alarm and closing the beaches following an ‘ oil spill ’ on Saturday. It turns out the black substance found on the city’s coastline was ash from nearby veld fires . On Sunday morning, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro had to apologise to residents after they mistakenly closed the metro’s premier beaches for an “ oil spill ” that turned out to be ash from veld fires raging all week.
On Saturday morning, in a fairly alarming notice marked as urgent, the municipality declared it was closing Kings Beach, Pollock Beach and Humewood Beach – all part of the metro’s beachfront – as a precautionary measure “due to a suspected oil spill
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Beaches Oil Spill Ash Veld Fires
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