Sri Lanka ship fire extinguished after 13 days

Author: AFP

A fire aboard a Singapore-registered cargo ship was finally extinguished Tuesday after a 13-day international operation off Sri Lanka’s coast, the navy said.

Experts from Dutch salvage company SMIT boarded the MV X-Press Pearl and reported massive flooding of the engine rooms, Sri Lanka navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.

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