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Members of Sri Lankan Navy conduct clean-up operation. AFP

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl', which has been burning for the 11th consecutive day as efforts to put out the fire continue off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbour. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy walk past the stacked sacks filled with debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AFP

A crab roams on a beach polluted with polythene pellets that washed ashore from burning ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AP Photo

A Sri Lanka Navy officer patrols the shore as he walks through the washed up debris. AFP

Sri Lanka's Air Force personnel remove debris washed ashore. AFP

A resident walks past the remains of a burnt container washed ashore. AFP

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AFP

Sri Lankan Navy personnel try to remove damaged containers. EPA

Sri Lanka Air Force personnel wearing protective clothing clear the beach from debris and other materials. EPA

Members of Sri Lankan Navy remove debris washed ashore. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy remove debris washed ashore. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy conduct clean-up operation. AFP

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl', which has been burning for the 11th consecutive day as efforts to put out the fire continue off Sri Lanka's Colombo Harbour. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy walk past the stacked sacks filled with debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AFP

A crab roams on a beach polluted with polythene pellets that washed ashore from burning ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AP Photo

A Sri Lanka Navy officer patrols the shore as he walks through the washed up debris. AFP

Sri Lanka's Air Force personnel remove debris washed ashore. AFP

A resident walks past the remains of a burnt container washed ashore. AFP

Smoke billows from the Singapore-registered container ship 'MV X-Press Pearl'. AFP

Sri Lankan Navy personnel try to remove damaged containers. EPA

Sri Lanka Air Force personnel wearing protective clothing clear the beach from debris and other materials. EPA

Members of Sri Lankan Navy remove debris washed ashore. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy remove debris washed ashore. AFP

Members of Sri Lankan Navy conduct clean-up operation. AFP

Sri Lanka quizzes crew of burning ship over ‘worst ever’ marine disaster

A fire broke out aboard the MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials

AFP

June 01, 2021

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