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
tanker
caught fire
off the east coast of
Sri Lanka
.
Now threatens
the environment
-
catastrophe
.
This is reported, among other things, by the local news portal
Fast News
.
The tanker will be fully loaded and have about
270,000 tons of oil
on board.
That corresponds to more than 300 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
Newsfirst.lk Sri Lanka
, the
crew of
the tanker has already been
evacuated
.
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
The incident is reminiscent of a freighter off Mauritius: a few weeks ago, leaking oil led to a natural disaster.
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