Sri Lanka Bracing For Environmental Disaster as Burned Cargo Ship Partially Sinks Off Western Coast
At a Glance The fire started two weeks ago.The ship was carrying tons of nitric acid and oil.Plastic "nurdles" from the vessel's cargo have already begun washing ashore. Government officials and environmentalists are bracing for disaster off the western coast of Sri Lanka after a container ship carrying tons of chemicals and other potentially hazardous cargo caught fire and partially sank. Fishing along 50 miles of the coastline has already been suspended due to the incident. "The ship ," Joshua...