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Sri Lankan firefighters extinguish 12-day blaze on container ship
Firefighters in Sri Lanka have extinguished a blaze on a container ship that had been burning for 12 days, as a court imposed a travel ban on the captain
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
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