On 3 September 2020, a fire broke out in the engine room of New Diamond at around 07:45 local time (SLST), when the ship was about 65 kilometres (40 mi) east of Sri Lanka in the Sangaman Kanda Point.[3][4] At the time, the ship was carrying 270,000 tonnes of oil from Kuwait to the Paradip refinery in India, with 18 Filipino and five Greek crewmembers on board.[5][3] The cargo was loaded on 23 August 2020 at Mina al Ahmadi and was due to arrive at Paradip on 5 September.[6] The ship was chartered for the voyage by the Indian Oil Corporation.[7]
Reuters reported that the fire was triggered by an explosion and was initially brought under control before spreading upwards to the ship's bridge.[8] The Sri Lankan Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) said it believed that the ship's cargo tanks were intact following the fire, but that a slight oil slick had been sighted, perhaps from the fuel oil on board.[5] MEPA said that early on 4 September two explosions were reported from New Diamond, though the Sri Lankan Army said that there was no danger of an oil leak at the time.[9][10]
In the meantime, the government of the Maldives had expressed worry, with a presidential minister saying that the country needed to take all precautions to prevent oil from reaching its shores.[11]
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