Fire on oil tanker off sri lankan coast extinguished the new diamond carrying over 270 000 tonnes of crude and diesel was en route from kuwait to paradip portwhen it issued a distress call on.
New diamond oil tanker on fire.
A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about 2 million barrels of oil in the indian ocean off the east coast of sri lanka spokesmen for the country s navy said on thursday adding that.
The intense residual heat in the aft section engine room and superstructure of the vlcc was reportedly enough to rekindle the fire.
Firefighting crews from sri lanka and india are working to put out a large blaze aboard an oil tanker that has been burning since thursday off the coast of the south asian island nation.
The new diamond a very large crude carrier vlcc chartered by indian oil corp ioc that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil is seen after a fire broke out off east.
Fire reignited on board mt new diamond the sri lanka navy said just a day after reporting that it has managed to douse the fire completely on monday september 7.
The fire on a large oil tanker off sri lanka s coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished.
An injured crew member of the mt new diamond is transferred on stretcher to.
The fire on board oil tanker mt new diamond has been successfully contained with india s help the sri lankan navy said today adding that the ship has been towed to the deep sea away from land.