Ammon News - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said ​on Thursday that ‌two oil tankers and a tugboat had caught ​fire in separate ​incidents after attempting to ⁠use unauthorised routes ​through the Strait of ​Hormuz.

One tanker struck a mine while attempting to ​cross a passage ​south of the strait, while ‌another ⁠supertanker caught fire while exiting the route in the eastern ​part of ​the ⁠waterway, the IRGC said. A ​tugboat that approached ​the ⁠second vessel to help extinguish the fire ⁠also ​caught fire.


Reuters