An injured crew member of the MT New Diamond is transferred on stretcher to an ambulance.
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The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC), was heading to the port of Paradip in India, where the state-run firm operates a 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery.
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Three naval craft were sent to aid the MT New Diamond which reported an engine room fire, Sri Lanka navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said.
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The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil, is seen after a fire broke out, off the east coast of Sri Lanka.
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An injured crew member of the MT New Diamond, is transferred to a Sri Lanka Navy vessel.
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Surviving crew members of the New Diamond on a navy rescue boat off the east coast of Sri Lanka.
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Surviving crew members of the New Diamond.
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Black smoke coming out from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker, MT New Diamond, some 60 kilometres (38 miles) off Sri Lanka's eastern coast where it reported a fire inside the engine room.
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Black smoke coming out from the Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker, MT New Diamond.
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A ship is silhouetted by the glow from a blaze on The New Diamond.
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