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Seven Missing After Chemical Tanker Catches Fire Near Romania Black Sea Coast
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Firstpost•15-10-2026, 19:23
Seven Missing After Chemical Tanker Catches Fire Near Romania Black Sea Coast
- •Seven crew members are missing after a chemical tanker caught fire near Romania territorial waters in the Black Sea on Thursday.
- •The San Marino-flagged vessel issued a distress call around 7 am local time, prompting an immediate rescue operation by Romanian border police and aviation units.
- •Five crew members have been rescued so far out of the total crew onboard.
- •The incident follows a separate tanker fire near Sulina late on Wednesday, though that crew was reported safe.
- •The Black Sea region has seen a series of suspected drone attacks disrupting commercial shipping and key maritime grain export routes.
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Seven crew members are missing after a San Marino-flagged chemical tanker caught fire near Romania's territorial waters in the Black Sea, prompting an active rescue operation.
The defence ministry issued an air alert after a tanker caught fire near Sulina and a drone was spotted overnight near the area before disappearing from radar.
A series of suspected drone attacks on commercial vessels have hit at least five ships over a two-week period, severely disrupting the key maritime route handling 95 percent of Ukraine's grain exports.
