IRGC Navy: Oil Supertanker Explodes After Striking Sea Mine in Unauthorized Strait of Hormuz Route
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The Public Relations Office of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said an oil supertanker had exploded after striking a sea mine while transiting an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz.
According to a statement by the IRGC Navy’s Public Relations Office, the supertanker, carrying more than two million barrels of oil, has been left adrift and is on fire at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
The statement added that this was the third oil tanker to have exploded and caught fire on Friday as a result of transiting an unauthorized route.