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Container ship fire in Sri Lanka could affect prestige of Singapore ensign
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Should the unstable ship sink, the oil spill will be bigger than any Sri Lanka has ever seen.
PHOTO: REUTERS/SRI LANKA AIRFORCE MEDIA
SINGAPORE - Since May 20, a container ship carrying 25 tonnes of highly flammable nitric acid has been burning off the coast of Sri Lanka.
The X-Press Pearl, a Singapore-registered ship, carried raw materials for cosmetics, such as ethanol and other lubricants.
