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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Kelly-Ann Mills

'Toxic' barge leaves village stinking of rotten eggs after sinking during storm

A 'toxic' barge which sank during a storm more than a year ago is still beached in a scenic bay, with furious locals claiming it has left a rotten-egg smell lingering.

The barge, which served a fish farm off Portree, the Isle of Skye, was damaged during Storm Arwen in November 2021 and lay underwater there for more than 12 months.

It contained around 690 tonnes of waste water and rotting fish feed, with surveys also detecting hydrogen sulphide and methane gases.

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