A large feed barge belonging to Icelandic salmon farmer Laxar fiskeldi has sunk in Reydarfjordur, on the country's eastern coast, following a storm.

No one was on board the barge when the incident took place, but there is "a considerable amount of feed" - 300 metric tons according to RUV -- and equipment on board the barge as well as 10,000 liters of diesel oil, which is now resting 40 metres below the surface of the fjord, according to a Facebook post from the company.