Rescuers have evacuated all crew from a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka as a hearth on board intensified and two folks have been injured, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan Navy stated on Tuesday.
An explosion was reported from inside the vessel, Navy spokesman Indika De Silva stated, including that an air drive helicopter was utilizing dry chemical powder to douse the hearth.
The MV X-Press Pearl, a container ship crusing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemical compounds together with 25 tonnes of nitric acid, was anchored off Colombo when a container caught hearth on Friday, officers stated.
The vessel had left the Hazira port in India on May 15 and was on its solution to Singapore by way of Colombo.
Sri Lankan authorities stated consultants from the Netherlands and Belgium have been surveying the ship, whereas neighbour India had promised to ship vessels and an plane to assist struggle the hearth.
“A particular Dutch flight with very important tools to comprise the hearth is now anticipated to achieve Sri Lanka,” Sri Lanka’s shipping minister Rohitha Abeygunawardena said.
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