Watch 8-metre whale washed up at Piraeus beach freed (video)

An eight-metre-long whale washed up on Wednesday afternoon on the beach of Freattida in Piraeus.

Witnesses of the incident immediately informed the competent authorities and crews of the Municipality of Piraeus rushed to the spot in order to remove the whale from the beach.

The operation set up to free the mammal was recorded on a video posted on pireuspress Facebook page:

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