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Drone captures images of sunken cargo ship off Sri Lanka coast

Published on 4 Jun 2021 2:52:38 PM

Sri Lanka on Thursday (June 3) braced for the possibility of an oil spill after a cargo ship laden with chemicals sank off its western coast, in what is already the country's worst ever man-made environmental disaster.

The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid along with other chemicals and cosmetics, was anchored off the port city of Negombo when a fire erupted onboard after an explosion on May 20.

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Sri Lanka on Thursday (June 3) braced for the possibility of an oil spill after a cargo ship laden with chemicals sank off its western coast, in what is already the country's worst ever man-made environmental disaster.

The Singapore-registered MV X-Press Pearl, carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid along with other chemicals and cosmetics, was anchored off the port city of Negombo when a fire erupted onboard after an explosion on May 20.

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sri lanka, cargo, ship, chemicals, oil, spill, singapore, registered, mv x-press pearl, environment, disaster