The resultant environment and marine ecological pollution is regarded as the worst the island had seen. The ship’s cargo, comprising chemicals and nitric acid, were termed hazardous to the marine ecology.
At least 8 containers had fallen in the sea when it was anchored and went up in flames some 9 nautical miles off the Colombo port.
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 island’s west coast when a fire erupted on May 20. Authorities have been battling the blaze since then, as flaming containers laden with chemicals have fallen from the ship’s deck, the navy said last month.
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