Infographic: Sri Lanka’s worst marine disaster

The Sri Lanka government has already banned fishing along about 80 kilometres of coastline

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The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl, carrying 1,486 containers, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid along with other chemicals and cosmetics, was anchored off Sri Lanka's west coast when a fire erupted onboard after an explosion on May 20.

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