Burning New Diamond: Despite bad weather, fire fighting on for 5th day

The ships and tugs of the Indian Coast Guard and Sri Lankan Navy continue their efforts to douse the very large crude carrier (VLCC) 'New Diamond', which is on fire for the fifth day battling against inclement weather. The Indian Coast Guard on Monday said intense and persistent fire fighting efforts continued last night despite the inclement weather and strong winds. The Indian and Sri Lankan ships and tugs on 'New Diamond' ensured keeping the fire restricted to the accommodation area and away from the cargo. According to the Indian Coast Guard, the battle to douse the fire in the burning oil tanker is being done by spraying foam and water for boundary cooling. Though the fire was doused on Sunday, it later got reignited — second time since the oil tanker loaded with about 3,00,000 ton of the Kuwaiti crude for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) caught fire on September 3 morning off the Sri Lankan coast. (IANS)

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