China News Service, September 9th. According to a report by Aljazeera, the fire on the "New Diamond" tanker in the eastern seas of Sri Lanka has been contained. The tanker left a one-kilometer slick on the sea. Raise concerns about environmental disasters.
On the 7th local time, the fire on the "New Diamond" tanker was completely extinguished and reignited again.
The fire is now under control.
However, part of the diesel leaked to the sea.
On September 6, local time, in the waters east of Sri Lanka, the rescue ship was extinguishing the fire on the New Diamond tanker.
It is reported that the fire of the "New Diamond" tanker has been brought under control and there is currently no risk of oil leakage.
The Sri Lankan Navy said on the 9th local time that the tanker did not catch fire or smoke that day.
A huge tugboat took the tanker to 68 kilometers away from land.
The tanker left a slick of oil as long as one kilometer at sea.
The Indian Coast Guard said that it has deployed aircraft to spray chemical agents on the oil slick to reduce the impact on the environment.
Rescuers said that the fire has not spread to crude oil cargo.
The diesel oil is believed to have leaked after the ship’s fuel storage tank ruptured and mixed with seawater for fire fighting.
The chief prosecutor of Sri Lanka asked the local maritime department to file a claim for compensation and ordered the owner to tow the tanker away from Sri Lankan waters.
In the early morning of the 3rd local time, the "New Diamond" tanker leased by the Indian Petroleum Corporation (IOC) caught fire on the east coast of Sri Lanka.
The tanker was loaded with 270,000 tons of oil, equivalent to about 2 million barrels of oil, and departed from Ahmadi Port in Kuwait to Paradip Port in India.