Disks of hardened oil have been washing up on beaches in northwestern France, officials said Sunday, and tests will determine if they came from a cargo ship across the English Channel that leaked oil after it was damaged in a storm.
The disks range in size from that of a plate to about 11 square feet, officials from the office for the Cotes-d’Armor region said. They began to wash up Friday on beaches in Brittany, which includes Cotes-d’Armor, officials said.