More than 30 injured after an oil tanker, a cargo ship collides from the English coast | Value news
The collision caused a fire in a busy ship by the East Yorkshire shore.
The oil tanker and a freight ship collided along the coast of Eastern England, and both of the vessels lit, and at least 32 casualties brought to the shore in a large rescue operation.
A spokesman for the United Kingdom of Sea and Coastal Agency said on Monday that the collision had occurred along the East Yorkshire County Coast.
Both oil tankers and a freight ship were set on fire along the northeast coast of England, and the British media portrayed pictures of a huge splash of black smoke and flames rising from the scene.
Martyn Boyers, CEO of Luke Grimsby East, said at least 32 victims were brought to the shore, but their situation was not immediately clear.
“It is too far to see – about 10 miles – but we saw the vessels that brought them,” he said, reporting that 13 victims were brought on the Windcat 33 ship, followed by 19 more on the port pilot ship.
Boyers said he was told that there was a “huge fiery ball.”
The coastal guard agency sent a helicopter, aircraft with fixed wings, boats for rescue and boat with firefighting ability to the hectic part of the fruit path after the alarm was erected to 0948 GMT.
The royal national rescue institution, which worked on an emergency response, said there were reports that “many people left the vessels”, which caused “fires on both ships”.
It said three rescue boats worked on search and rescue at the scene, along the coastal guard.
The Swedish Tanker Company Stena Bulk confirmed that she owned a oil tanker that was involved in the accident, stating that she was managed by Crowley, a maritime company based in the US.
Stena Bulk said that a computers were a 20-meter crew on board.
According to media reports, the cargo ship is “Solong” or “so long”, owned by the German company Reedrei Koepping.
The area where the collision took place has traffic from the ports along the British northeast coast to the Netherlands and Germany.
The International Maritime Organization, the United Peoples Compentry Agency, said she was aware of the situation and that she was further verified.
