ERDEVEN, France ? High winds have beached a cargo ship off France's Atlantic coast and some of the 220 tons of fuel in its hold is leaking, threatening a local beach.
The prefecture of the Morbihan region said in a statement that the ship's 19-man crew was evacuated by helicopter early Friday as their vessel ran aground 100 meters (some 60 yards) from shore.
The statement says the one-kilometer-long strip of fuel was headed to Erdeven beach in Brittany in north-western France. Rescuers are pumping the fuel from the cargo hold of the Maltese flagged ship in a bid to empty it.
The French electric company says some 370,000 homes were without electricity as winds of up to 130 kilometers per hour (81 mph) blew across France, triggering alerts in numerous regions.
The prefecture has warned people to stay indoors.
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