Tanker hit by blast and fire north of Turkey's Bosphorus strait, agency says


ISTANBUL (Reuters) -An explosion and fire broke out in the engine room of a tanker in the Black Sea to the north of Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday, shipping agency Tribeca said.

The tanker Kairos, sailing under the Gambian flag and in ballast, was some 52 miles north of the Bosphorus when the incident occurred, the agency said.

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