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Sri Lanka: Cargo Ship Fire Emergency - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA), DREF n° MDRLK013 Format Description of the disaster On 20 May 2021, cargo ship “X-PRESS PEARL with 1,486 containers onboard carrying dangerous cargo; 25 tonnes of nitric acid, caustic soda, solid sodium methoxide solution, cosmetics, methanol and vinyl acetate including microplastics, plastic pellets together with other cargo caught fire about nine nautical miles (16 km) off the coast of Colombo commercial shipping harbor. The fire continued to burn till the end of May and several small explosions were heard from the container ship during the fire. Sri Lanka Navy, Airforce, Coast Guard supported by the Indian Navy worked around the clock to contain the fire for nearly two weeks. The firefighting was made complicated by the southwest monsoon rains/ high winds and highly flammable poisonous cargo. The 25 crews of Indian, Philippines, Chinese and Russian nationals were evacuated and are currently being treated

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