India Says Fire Reported on Oil Tanker With 24 Indian Seafarers, All Crew Safe

NEW DELHI, ⁠June ⁠8 (Reuters) – ⁠India’s shipping ​ministry said ‌on Monday ‌that ⁠a fire ⁠was reported on a ​oil tanker ​with 24 Indian ⁠seafarers on ⁠board, ⁠adding that ​all of them ​were ⁠safe.

Indian TV ⁠channels said that the vessel on ⁠fire was located off the coast of Oman.

(Reporting by Hritam ⁠Mukherjee, writing by Tanvi Mehta; Editing ​by YP ​Rajesh)

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