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International Business Times
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Ships Still On Fire After North Sea Crash

The UK Coastguard had halted search operations late Monday after rescuing 36 crew members (Credit: AFP)

Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened.

The fires were "still going on", nearly 24 hours after the Solong cargo ship ran into the Stena Immaculate tanker, anchored about 10 miles (16 kilometres) off the northeast port of Hull.

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