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A smoldering container ship began to sink off the Sri Lankan coast Wednesday, officials said, heightening fears an oil and chemical spill could exacerbate one of the worst ecological disasters in the country's history.
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Jun 02, 2021 09:12 PM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Paula Bronstein) A container ship carrying chemicals that caught fire sinks off the coast of Sri Lanka, sparking fears of oil spill leading to environmental disaster. Efforts to remove the ship from shallow waters failed on Tuesday.
A container ship that caught fire while carrying chemicals has started to sink off the coast of Sri Lanka on Wednesday. It is becoming a source of concern for a potential environmental disaster, stated local officials. The ship, named the MV X-Press Pearl, could create an oil spill emergency as it was carrying almost 350 metric tons of oil. Among the chemicals that the ship was carrying is nitric acid.