Oil Tanker

Iranian oil tanker still ablaze as search continues for missing mariners; efforts to contain spill expected to be difficult

A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea on Saturday was still ablaze on Monday morning.

Fire engulfs Butcher Island fuel tank farm off Mumbai coast; firefighting underway

Efforts are still on to extinguish the fire that broke out at a fuel tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) located on Butcher Island off the east coast of Mumbai

Pakistan oil tanker fire: Death toll reaches 220, Shell subsidiary faces licence cancellation

Shell Pakistan is facing suspension of its licence in the country for failing to pay about Rs 260 million compensation to the victims of the devastating oil tanker fire

Pakistan oil tanker fire: Six officials suspended for negligence, death toll jumps to 194

The death toll in the oil tanker inferno in Pakistan rose to 194, prompting the government to suspend six officials including a DSP-level officer for negligence

Pakistan oil tanker fire: At least 140 killed, 100 injured after cigarette causes inferno in Bahawalpur

At least 140 people were on Sunday charred to death and over 100 others injured after an oil tanker overturned and burst into flames in Pakistan's Punjab Province.

Afghan road crash inferno leaves at least 73 dead

Many of the dead, including women and children, were burned beyond recognition and dozens of others were left wounded in the accident in Ghazni province.

Major blaze breaks out in Delhi's Punjabi Bagh; good, property worth crores damage

A major blaze broke out in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area on Wednesday afternoon after a truck containing plastic material caught fire and the flames spread to engulf an empty oil tanker and a nearby complex housing several warehouses and shops.

Seven killed in oil tanker explosion at Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway

At least seven people were burnt alive when a tanker filled with highly inflammable material caught fire after overturning near here today.

Luxury bus collides with oil tanker: 8 burned to death

The luxury bus was traveling from Ahmedabad from Pune when it collided with the tanker at Kude village within the Manor police station limits in Palghar taluka.

Hijacked oil tanker near Oman has Indians among crew on board

A Greek-owned oil tanker with a 15 member crew, mostly Indians and Filipinos, has been hijacked off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea