Beach clean-up operations continue after cargo ship fire…
June 3, 2021
Efforts to clean the debris from the inferno on MV X-Press Pearl piled up on Sri Lankan beaches continued on Wednesday (June 02) as well. The fire erupted on Singapore-registered cargo ship on May 20 has caused colossal damages to the marine environment. The firefighting operations, jointly carried out by Sri Lanka Navy, Indian Coast Guard and other stakeholders, lasted nearly two weeks.
Captured by: Shan Fernando