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Fire on tanker off Sri Lanka under control, ship towed away

by Associated Press
| September 4, 2020 8:03 PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The fire on a large oil tanker off Sri Lanka's coast has been brought under control but is still not extinguished, the navy said Saturday.

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