COLOMBO (AFP) – A container ship left adrift in the Indian Ocean after an engine room fire was being towed to Singapore on Saturday June 26, Sri Lanka’s navy said.
The Indian coastguard helped extinguish the blaze after it erupted aboard the MV MSC Messina on Friday about 425 nautical miles (787km) from Port Blair in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
“We were informed that the fire was completely doused by this afternoon and the ship is being towed to Singapore,” Sri Lanka navy spokesman Indika de Silva told AFP.(Straits Times)
