Sri Lanka is bracing itself for a major oil spill and possibly long-term pollution, despite efforts to put out a blaze that has engulfed a Singapore-flagged container ship off the coast of capital city Colombo. The Indian coastguard and Sri Lankan navy have been fire-fighting for eight days but the authorities in Colombo have said .
Oil and debris from a container ship on fire off the coast of Sri Lanka have coated beaches on its west coast. Images of the beach in Negombo, a popular tourist destination, have generated outrage in the country. The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl was carrying chemicals and cosmetics, and has been on fire for eight days. .
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