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1 missing, 1 injured in fire on oil tanker near Sri Lanka

by Associated Press
| September 3, 2020 5:03 AM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A fire broke out on an oil tanker off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving one of its 23 crew members missing and another injured, a navy spokesman said.

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