Aerial footage of a drone showing the red water from the blood of thousands of dead fish floating at the port city of Volos is making the rounds online.
The Greek authorities are trying to contain the spill of the dead fish into the rest of the Pagasetic Gulf in the Magnesia regional unit by placing a net around the area extending to about 500 meters.
The aerial video footage emits an eerie post-apocalyptic feel as the water has turned blood red.
Machines continue to load fish onto trucks at the site, which in turn are transporting them to a designated area at the port of Volos, local media reports. Once a large amount is extracted, the blood of the dead fish floods downstream, creating unsettling imagery.
Meanwhile, a Greek Supreme Court prosecutor has issued an urgent request to the Volos Prosecutorial Office to conduct an expedited investigation into the incident on the grounds of the negative consequences on the environment, public life, and the local economy.
Among other things, she is requesting details on how the watergate leading to the tunnel, which is the only exit for the waters of the entire Larissa-Karla plain into the Pagasetic Gulf, was open.
The unsettling images have captured global attention, with international media outlets like Reuters and The Guardian, reporting on the situation that has developed over the last few days.
‘Greece tourist port flooded with hundreds of thousands of dead fish’ is a headline in The Guardian highlighting the environmental disaster.
