Two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after trying to navigate a route not authorized by Iran. According to Reuters, in a statement by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps it was reported that one tanker hit a mine, a second supertanker caught fire while leaving the lane, and a tug boat that came to help was also engulfed in flames. In the past, Tehran declared the right to control the strait, introduced its own navigation rules and leased part of the water area.