Container ship ablaze in Indian Ocean, crew member missing

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Sri Lanka is currently helping with the coordination of rescue efforts. FMTNews SriLanka

This is the second fire in the Indian Ocean since the MV X-Press Pearl caught fire and sank earlier this month.

COLOMBO: A container ship in the Indian Ocean has reported an engine room fire with one crew member missing, the Sri Lankan navy said Friday. The Liberian-registered MV MSC Messina issued a distress signal on Friday, two days after leaving Colombo for Singapore. “We are told that there is an engine room fire and a crew member is missing,” navy spokesman Indika Silva told AFP. “The ship is closer to Port Blair and Indonesia.”It is the second fire in the Indian Ocean since the Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl caught fire and eventually sank off the Colombo port earlier this month.

The ship was carrying large quantities of chemicals and the accident has caused extensive damage to Sri Lanka’s marine ecosystem.

 

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