Video: Oil tankers burn as Iran hits ships carrying Iraqi crude
India Today
Videos surfaced on social media show a huge explosion and a massive blaze on the ships and the flames spreading in the water, an indication that oil is leaking from the tankers.
One person has been killed after Iran targeted two oil tankers, including one owned by a US firm, off the coast of Iraq overnight, triggering fresh tensions in the region, which is already seeing an escalating US-Israel-Iran war raging for nearly two weeks. The fresh attacks, which occurred at Iraq’s Al Faw Port, come amid a spate of ships being targeted in the Strait of Hormuz in the wake of the Middle East conflict.
Videos surfaced on social media showing a huge explosion and a massive blaze on the ships – the Maltese-flagged Zefyros and the Marshallese Islands-flagged Safesea Vishnu, owned by a US firm. The flames are seen spreading in the water, an indication that oil is leaking from the tankers, which were anchored alongside each other before the attack, CNN reported.
The tankers were believed to be carrying up to 400,000 barrels of Iraqi oil, according to ship-tracking website TankerTrackers.com. Farhan al Fartousi told CNN that 38 foreign crew members were rescued from the damaged vessels following the “explosions.”
The vessels targeted in the incident were the Maltese-flagged Zefyros and the Marshall Islands-flagged Safesea Vishnu. The Safesea Vishnu is owned by the US-based company Safesea Transport Inc, while the Zefyros is operated by a Greece-based firm.
The attack occurred within Iraq’s territorial waters at Al Faw port, a major deep-water port located close to the southern city of Basra.
The aircraft had also been used by senior Iranian officials and military figures for both domestic and international travel, and for coordinating with allied countries, the Israeli military said. Meanwhile, Dubai International Airport has resumed flight operations after a temporary suspension of about seven hours caused by a drone strike near a fuel tank facility.
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