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Fears of Oil Spill Dissipate, Fire in Vessel off Lankan Coast Almost Put off
News 18The fears of an oil spill due to a fire in a crude laden vessel off the Sri Lankan coast appears to have dissipated with the authorities on Sunday saying here that the blaze has almost been doused. While intense fire-fighting efforts taken up by the Indian Coast Guard and Sri Lankan Air Force and Navy since September 3 had led to localisation of the fire in the ship, a defence release said no oil spill has been reported. The Panama-registered MT New Diamond, a Greek-owned vessel and under charter by Indian Oil Corporation was carrying 2,70,000 tonnes of crude oil from Kuwait to India's Paradip port when its engine room caught fire off Sangamankanda's coast in Lanka's eastern district of Ampara. The various assets deployed are equipped with fire extinguishers like Dry Chemical Power and Aqueous Film-Forming Foam Concentrates besides Oil Spill Dispersants and oil skimmers to handle the situation in the event of an oilslick.
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