Sri Lanka braces for beach pollution as ship burns ...Middle East

COLOMBO: Three Indian vessels on Thursday joined the battle to contain a major fire on a container ship off the Sri Lanka coast amid fears that it could break up and spew out hundreds of tonnes of oil.The X-Press Pearl has been blazing out of control for a week and with heavy winds battering the Singapore-registered vessel, authorities fear a new oil disaster on Sri Lanka's beaches.The Indian coastguard ships have joined a Sri Lankan navy ship and four private tugs spraying water on the X-Press Pearl, which has 25 tonnes of nitric acid in its cargo.A military helicopter was deployed to drop bags of fire retardant chemicals on the ship Wednesday.But the fire has weakened the 186-metre (610-fo

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