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Indian warships on Thursday aided Sri Lanka's navy to extinguish a fire on a massive oil tanker off the island's eastern coast, officials said.
Sri Lankan authorities said there was no immediate danger to the coastline should there be a leak from the New Diamond, which was carrying 270,000 tonnes of crude and 1,700 tonnes of diesel, but they remain concerned about the possibility.
The vessel -- which had a crew of 18 Filipinos and five Greek nationals -- issued a distress call Thursday after an engine room explosion, navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said.
One Filipino crew member was missing, another was injured, and the rest were rescued from the Panama-flagged vessel, the navy said.
The ship's third officer, also a Filipino, had suffered serious burn injuries and was taken to the Kalmunai hospital, 360 kilometres (225 miles) east of the capital Colombo.
A fire has broken out in an #Indian crude oil tanker, 38 nautical miles off #SangamanKanda coast, Sri Lanka."An Indian coast guard vessel and one of our ships are now in the process of dousing the flames that have spread to the deck of the tanker's service area," De Silva told AFP.
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- Indus News (@indusdotnews) September 3, 2020
#BREAKING - After a fire on a #oil tanker near #SriLanka, oil is running into the sea. There could be 270,000 metric tons in the ocean.Sri Lankan officials said they were hopeful of containing the New Diamond fire and eventually putting it out.
At least one crew member is dead, another 23 are still missing. pic.twitter.com/MYC1wVsrTP
- ISCResearch (@ISCResearch) September 3, 2020
Images ?? - Sri Lanka Navy has rescued 22 crew members aboard the crude oil tanker 'MT New Diamond' currently ablaze off the Sangamon Kanda coast.#NewDiamond #LKA #SriLanka @srilanka_navy@SriLankaTweet pic.twitter.com/1TrftNnaAG
- @Waddey20 (@waddey20) September 3, 2020
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