Oil tanker ablaze in East China Sea could burn for a month
Wednesday, 10 January 2018 () The stricken Iranian oil tanker in the East China Sea could burn for as long as a month, South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said on Wednesday, as the blaze raged for a fourth day following a collision with a freight ship. Dozens of rescue boats battled strong winds, high waves and poisonous fumes to comb a 3,100-square-kilometre area for 31 missing sailors and tame the fire, amid growing concerns the ship may explode or sink. Rescuers find body on Iranian oil tanker burning in...
The race to find survivors on a flaming Iranian oil tanker continues following its collision into a Chinese cargo ship off the eastern coast of China on Saturday. Sareena Dayaram reports.