Second fire on oil tanker off Sri Lankan coast now under control: Navy
The fresh fire on board a giant oil tanker that went up in flames last week off Sri Lanka’s eastern waters while carrying crude oil from Kuwait to India is now under control, the Lankan Navy said on Wednesday.
The Panama-registered oil tanker was carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil from the port of Mina Al Ahmadi in Kuwait to the Indian port of Paradip when it caught fire last Thursday. A Filipino crew member died and another was injured in the mishap.
“Disaster management teams successfully brought the fire, which reignited aboard MT New Diamond as a result of adverse weather, under control by morning today.
