A fire that spread across two oil tankers in a South Korean port injured 10 peop...
SEOUL/OSLO - A fire that spread across two oil tankers in a South Korean port injured 10 people on Saturday, coastguard and fire officials said, adding the blaze had largely been put out.An explosion occurred on the Stolt Groenland, a 25,000-tonne, Cayman Island-flagged oil tanker, at the southern port of Ulsan at around 10:50 a.m. , a coastguard official said.The fire spread to another oil tanker docked nearby, the 9,000-tonne, South Korean-flagged Bow Dalian, with 21 aboard, he said.
“The fire has largely been put out but we are checking inside the vessels if there are any flames left or smoke coming out,” the first official said. “The safety of all people on site and the protection of the environment is paramount to the company’s operations,” it said in a statement.
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