Black smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFPBlack smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFP
Black smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFP
Asia /  South Asia

Tanker with 2 million barrels of oil catches fire off Sri Lanka

  • One Filipino crew member injured and another missing from the New Diamond, navy says
  • Ships from Russia and India helping to battle blaze

Topic |   Environment
Reuters
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Updated: 5:03am, 4 Sep, 2020

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Black smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFPBlack smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFP
Black smoke rises from the oil tanker New Diamond, about 60km off Sri Lanka's eastern coast on Thursday. Photo: Sri Lankan Air Force handout via AFP
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