Two Oil Tankers Catch Fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran Says
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said two oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after two major explosions, claiming the vessels had used an unauthorised route.
A new development has emerged involving oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that two oil tankers had caught fire in the strait.
In its statement, the IRGC said: “Two oil tankers using an unauthorised route in the Strait of Hormuz were stopped where they were following two major explosions and subsequent fires. The first vessel, a supertanker, exploded after striking a sea mine. A major fire broke out on the second tanker, which was attempting to secretly pass through an illegal route under the protection of US fighter jets, following an accident, and the vessel came to a stop where it was. Both tankers had switched off all their tracking and identification systems and struck the area described as the ‘firewall’ of the Strait of Hormuz. They were then left burning off the strait’s southern coast.”
Warning that the unauthorised route was unsafe, the statement added: “All vessels attempting to pass through this route and cooperating with the terrorist and aggressive US military will suffer the same fate.”
