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A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday, raising fears of a major new oil spill in the Indian Ocean.
Sri Lankan navy and India coastguard vessels fired water cannons while an air force helicopter dropped water on the drifting New Diamond.
Just a week after a huge oil slick hit the Mauritious coast, Sri Lanka authorities are preparing for the worst as the navy warned it could take five days to put out the blaze on the 330-metre (1,000 feet) long New Diamond.
Authorities are trying to put out a fire on oil tanker about 70 kilometers off Sri Lanka. 22 crew members were rescued. One, from the Philippines, is still missing. pic.twitter.com/oNRszUF8P8The ship was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude from Kuwait to India when the engine room exploded on Thursday killing one Filipino crew member. The other 22 crew -- five Greek and 17 Filipino -- were taken off the vessel.
- NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) September 4, 2020
An oil tanker caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka while on its way to India from Kuwait. The 2 million barrels of oil on board are believed to still be intact pic.twitter.com/lmsaZSI0pM"It is not as bad as it seems," DMC head Sudantha Ranasinghe told AFP. "Once the fire is put out, the vessel will be towed further away into deeper waters."
- NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 4, 2020
Great News ?Fire onboard oil tanker #MTNewDiamond brought under control post massive fire fighting effort by Sri Lanka Navy,Airforce & join collaboration with #IndianCoastGuardThree tug boats, five Sri Lankan navy ships as well as two craft from the Russian navy and three from the Indian navy have been assisting in an operation to fight the fire and tow the ship away from the coast, after it began drifting towards land.
Hats off to our great sailor sons of SL Navy ,Indian Coast guard and all other who involved #lka pic.twitter.com/6dc03AU9Ya
- Chamara Prasad LK (@chamaraprasadlk) September 4, 2020
Massive efforts by @IndiaCoastGuard @indiannavy & their SL,Russian counterparts come to fruition. Fire on oil tanker MT Newdiamond, east of central SL coast, under control. Ship being towed to prevent drifting#India#SriLanka #Shipping#FireFighting@NewsfirstSL @SriLankaTweet pic.twitter.com/Pj3f0ldm3fThe simulation, a worst case scenario according to authorities, found that such a spill would not immediately threaten the country's east coast.
- Sidharth M.P (@sdhrthmp) September 4, 2020
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