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Oil spill off Mumbai coast after merchant vessel splits into two

Mumbai, Jun 18: A Singapore-bound merchant vessel from Jeddah split into two around 840 nautical miles off the coast here on Monday  causing oil spill even as all the crew members were rescued, Coast Guard



"The vessel hull broke into two off the Mumbai coast and the crew members were rescued from the ship in two life rafts and a life boat," a Coast Guard official said.

The cause behind the incident was yet to be ascertained. It was also not known what the ship was transporting.

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