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Sri Lanka navy plugs leak on firehit supertanker

Colombo

The Sri Lankan navy said yesterday it had sealed an inlet on the fire-stricken New Diamond oil supertanker that was leaking fuel oil and sparking fears of an environmental disaster. A team of divers that inspected the rear of the tanker, which caught fire last week, found a seawater inlet leaking a mix of fuel oil and seawater.

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