Fire on board oil tanker brought under control with India’s help: Lankan Navy

The fire on board an oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast has been introduced below keep an eye on with India’s lend a hand and it used to be towed to the deep sea clear of land, the Military stated on Saturday.

The send used to be wearing 270,000 metric tonnes of crude oil from Kuwait to India. The Sri Lankan Military on Friday showed Filipino sailor died within the boiler explosion within the engine room of Panama registered tanker MT New Diamond that stuck fire on Thursday.

Indian ships have been supporting the Lankan Military to douse the flames at the tanker off the coast of Sangamankanda within the jap district of Ampara.

“The fire on board MT New Diamond has been effectively contained to a better extent and it lies about 35 nautical miles at five:30 am. Because of the blended operation, the ill-fated oil tanker has been secured from each side.” the Lankan Military stated in a press unencumber.

On Friday night, a tug boat towed the tanker to the deep sea clear of land, it stated.

The Military stated they have been assisted through the Air Pressure and the Ports Authority in addition to the Indian Military and the Indian Coast Guard who have been running collectively.

The crisis aid operation used to be joined through Indian Coast Guard Send (ICGS) Sarang, ICGS Sujay, TTT One – a tug supplied with firefighting apparatus firefighters, and 02 Dornier plane of Indian Coast Guard since earlier evening, the discharge said.

The tanker had 23 staff contributors – 18 Filipinos and 5 Greeks. Twenty-two of the 23 member staff were safely rescued off the tanker.

“The fire has been contained through now and the Dornier plane are these days on the Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa Global Airport,” the Military stated.

The continual cooling impact all through the crisis aid operation has managed the fire-spread, it stated, including that there is not any chance of an oil spill up to now.