Report on a ship burning in the Strait of Hormuz; Claims by the Revolutionary Guards about the explosion of three oil tankers.
🔸 The British Maritime Trade Operations Center announced a new incident in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, October 29.
According to this center's report, the accident happened 17 kilometers north of Khasab port in Oman and the captain of a passing ship noticed that another vessel was burning in that area.
Britain's Maritime Operations Center has not released details of the identity of the damaged vessel, the condition of the crew, the extent of the damage or possible environmental consequences.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations of the Revolutionary Guards Navy claimed on Thursday that three oil tankers "exploded and caught fire after hitting a mine and remaining on the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz."
The Revolutionary Guards called these tankers "violators" for trying to pass through the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz.