In pictures: Sri Lanka's criminal investigators begin questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship that led to the island's worst-ever marine ecological disaster Read more here👇🏽
Smoke billowing from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl, which has been burning for the eleventh consecutive day as vessels try to douse off the fire, in the sea off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbour, in Colombo on May 30, 2021.
Sri Lanka's criminal investigators have begun questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship as the Singapore-registered carrier smouldered for a 12th straight day in one of the island's worst-ever marine ecological disasters. A fire broke out aboard the MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials, as it was about to enter Colombo harbour on May 20.
The intense flames, still burning at the rear of the 186-metre vessel, destroyed much of the cargo, some of which had fallen into the Indian Ocean. The Marine Environment Protection Authority chief Dharshani Lahandapura said they were still assessing the ecological damage, but believed it was the "worst ever in my lifetime".