The UAE National Guard said in a statement on Sunday that it had rescued 22 people after a fire broke out on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.

The UAE National Guard said in a statement on Sunday that it had rescued 22 people after a fire broke out on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman.

The UAE Guard said that the Coast Guard Group received a report from the ship's crew that a fire had broken out on board, indicating that it had provided the necessary first aid, and that all the tanker's crew were in stable health.

Earlier, the British Maritime Trade Operations Authority announced that it had received a report of an incident between a cargo ship and military forces in the Gulf of Oman, about 18 nautical miles east of Khor Pekan in the Emirates.