A navel man of the 23 crew member ship has died due to the fire occurred in the ship on last Thursday (03)at Eastern sea area of Sri Lanka near Sanagamankanda area in Ampara and 22 Naval men of the ship had been rescued by the Navy .
However there 's no threat of reaching oil leaked from the ship towards Sri Lankan shores according to Navy officials.
The fire of the ship which belongs to Panama has occurred due to an explosion of the Boiler in the ship it has been revealed.
Sri Lanka Navy had towed the damaged Crude oil ship towards deap seas yesterday and Sri Lankan officials are due to decide what cause of action need to be taken regarding the ship today .
Indian Navy and Coastal guard force had assisted Sri Lanka Navy amd Airforce during dousing the fire of the ship.
Meanwhile Environmentalists had warned that there's a risk of damaging Sri lanka's enviornment if the oil leaked from the ship has reached Sri Lankan shores.
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