Fire broke out in Crude oil laden Ship, Indian Navy helped Sri Lanka
India once again set an example of being a good neighbor. In fact, after a fire in a ship laden with crude oil, the Sri Lankan Navy had sought help from the Indian Coast Guard, after which India immediately sent the rescue team.
A Sri Lankan Navy spokesman said that one of the ship’s 23 crew members was missing and another was injured. Navy spokesman Captain Indica Silva said the fire broke out in the engine room of New Diamond, which was transporting crude oil from Kuwait to India and then spread.
This information has also been given from the official Twitter handle of the Indian Navy. It has been written in the tweet that an incident of fire has surfaced in the MT New Diamond off the coast of Sri Lanka. Indian Navy ships in the area have been deployed in the mission, diverted to rescue operations and help. The rescue operation is being carried out with the Sri Lankan authorities.
Fire reported onboard VLCC #MTNewDiamond off the coast of Sri Lanka.#IndianNavy ships Mission Deployed in the area, diverted to undertake rescue ops & render assistance.
Ops being carried out in close liaison with Sri Lanka Authorities.#RescueatSea#BridgesofFriendship pic.twitter.com/OG4UV4t1MV— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) September 3, 2020
Earlier, a tweet from the Twitter handle of the Indian Coast Guard was also tweeted regarding this incident. The Indian Coast Guard’s tweet states that ‘MT New Diamond’ is 37 nautical miles east of the Sri Lankan coast. The Indian Coast Guard has said that three ships and Dornier aircraft have been dispatched immediately. In this tweet, there is also talk of a fire in the ship. It is being told that there are about 2 lakh metric tons of crude oil in the ship.
#SAR #ICG ship Shaurya reached scene of incident & #FireFighting commenced #MTNewDiamond off #Srilanka. Continuous spraying of water & foam using external fire fighting system for extinguishing fire and boundary cooling in progress. CG Dornier Aircraft in area for assessment. pic.twitter.com/WhwKvOsqqW
— Indian Coast Guard (@IndiaCoastGuard) September 3, 2020
In the next tweet, he wrote, “Help has been sought by the Sri Lanka Navy after the fire and explosion in the oil tanker from the India Coast Card. ICG ships and aircraft have been deployed immediately to help. “In this tweet from the Indian Coast Guard, the defense minister and the foreign ministry spokesperson have also been tagged.
