Ships, aircraft and tugs belong to the Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and other stakeholders are continuing their disaster management operations to suppress the fire resulted by adverse weather, onboard the MT New Diamond again.

As a result of the incessant effort of the mission partners, the flames have been reduced to a certain extent as of now, Sri Lanka Navy said.

The Sri Lanka Air Force for the first time in its history used a Bell 212 Helicopter to drop 1000 kilograms of dry chemical powder to smother the new fire on the MT New Diamond Oil Tanker yesterday.

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