All Crew Safe After Tanker Struck off UAE Coast

A vessel was hit by an unidentified projectile about 14 nautical miles northwest of the UAE emirate of Ras Al-Khaimah on Wednesday, causing a fire in its engine room, British maritime agencies said in reports published on Thursday.

All 22 crew members on Liberia-flagged oil tanker, including 19 Indian nationals, were safely evacuated, India's shipping minister, Sarbananda Sonowal, said.

The MT DOMINICA PROSPERITY was attacked while drifting off the port of Mina Saqr, Shipping Minister, Sonowal added in a post on X.

Firefighting efforts were under way at the time of the report, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency said.

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