VLCC Tanker Fire Extinguished, No New Reignition

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  • The fire on the VLCC tanker ‘New Diamond’ is under control or extinguished.
  • The is no new reignition and the tanker is under tow in seaward direction.
  • The initial fire began in an engine room boiler but did not spread to cargo.
  • The initial fire killed one Filipino crew member and injured another, while 21 other crew members escaped uninjured.

VLCC tanker ‘New Diamond’ no flames, no smoke, writes Mikhail Voytenko for the Maritime Bulletin.  Officials, earlier warn of enormous environmental...

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