{"id":27812,"date":"2020-09-08T05:21:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=27812"},"modified":"2020-09-08T05:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:21:12","slug":"fire-on-tanker-off-sri-lanka-coast-doused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/fire-on-tanker-off-sri-lanka-coast-doused\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire on tanker off Sri Lanka coast doused"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fire that erupted on oil tanker MT New Diamond off Sri Lanka\u2019s south east coast was completely doused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MT New Diamond is a very large crude carrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a Greek-owned vessel and under charter by Indian Oil Cooperation. The ship was built as Ikomasan by Mitsui Engineering &amp; Shipbuilding in Chiba, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 3 September 2020, the ship caught fire off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, resulting in the death of a Filipino crew member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 6 September 2020, the fire was brought under control by the authorities after burning for nearly three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fire that erupted on oil tanker MT New Diamond off Sri Lanka\u2019s south east coast was completely doused. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points MT New Diamond is a very large crude carrier. It is a Greek-owned vessel and under charter by Indian Oil Cooperation. 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