Environmental catastrophe looming: Burning tanker off Sri Lanka - hundreds of millions of liters of oil could leak

Sir Lanka is threatened with an environmental disaster: A tanker burns off the coast.

Hundreds of millions of liters of oil could leak.

• A tanker burns off the coast of Sri Lanka.

• The country is threatened with an environmental disaster.

• Hundreds of millions of liters of oil could leak.

A

caught fire

off the east coast of

.

Now threatens

-

.

This is reported, among other things, by the local news portal

.

The tanker will be fully loaded and have about

on board.

According to a conversion by Focus.de, this corresponds to almost 318 million liters.

Accordingly, the navy has sent units to the burning ship to get the fire under control and prevent a possible oil leak.

According to a report by the portal

, the

the tanker has already been

.

The now deployed Navy is said to have rescued an injured seaman from the ship.

Measures underway to prevent possible oil leak https://t.co/4HjAEnbtKy#SriLanka #LKA #FastNews

- Fast News (@FastNews_LK) September 3, 2020