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More dead turtles washed up on Sri Lankan beaches Friday, underscoring the environmental blight caused by a container ship fire off the country's coast.

Members of the Sri Lankan Navy work to remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which is sinking after burning for almost three weeks in the sea off Colombo Harbour, in Colombo on June 18, 2021.

The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl was carrying hundreds of tonnes of chemicals and plastics when it caught fire last month, before burning for two weeks. Since June 2 its wreckage has been partially submerged off the capital Colombo. “We see a clear link with the ship and the turtle deaths,” the senior wildlife official on the island’s south told AFP, declining to be named.It is not unusual for some turtles to suffocate and die during the mating season, but deaths this year were “10 to 20 times more compared to last year”, he said.Local media reports have said more than 50 turtles and eight dolphins have been found dead across the island since the ship caught fire on May 20.

 

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