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.
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