Video: Oil tanker catches fire off UAE's coast, crew rescued

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Sharjah - FTA confirmed the tanker was 'not loaded with any oil shipments'.

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Published: Thu 30 Jan 2020, 10:07 PM

A tanker caught fire off UAE's coast on Wednesday evening, according to a statement issued by the Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport.
The FTA said all concerned departments were working to extinguish a fire, which broke out onboard an unloaded Panamanian-flagged tanker sailing 21 miles off the UAE after it had sent a distress call.
"Rescue and emergency response teams at ports started providing the necessary help once they received the distress call and rescued the tanker's crew," the authority said in a statement.

The FTA confirmed the tanker was "not loaded with any oil shipments and early reports attribute the incident to an accident during maintenance operations."


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