News / Intense fire left low risk of oil pollution from wreck of X-Press Pearl

X-Press Pearl
X-Press Pearl. Photo: Sri Lankan Navy
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As salvors move in on the twisted, burned out hull of the X-Press Pearl, its owner and operator believes further oil pollution in the sea is unlikely, as the temperatures at the peak of the blaze will have “incinerated” any remaining fuel.

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