My explosion starts a fire in Hormuz Tehran, IRNA -. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced the explosion of a supertanker after it hit a naval mine on an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz. This is the third tanker that suffered an explosion and fire on Friday due to passing through an unauthorized lane, the Revolutionary Guards Navy said in its statement.
This supertanker, carrying more than two million barrels of oil, was abandoned at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and is now burning.