Burning Red Sea Oil Tanker Risks Ecological Disaster, EU Warns
In this handout screengrab released by the Houthi group media center, fires can be seen onboard the Sounion in the Red Sea, on Aug. 23.
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A ship carrying crude oil that caught fire after being attacked in the Red Sea could lead to a severe ecological disaster, the European Union’s naval force in the region said Saturday.
The Sounion tanker was hit earlier this week by a series of missiles while sailing through the waterway and suffered a fresh attack Friday, EUNAVFOR Aspides said in a post on X. The vessel now poses “a significant environmental threat” due to the large volume of oil on board, it said. The UK Navy reported Friday that three fires had been seen on board.