Sri Lanka, Sept. 5 -- fated oil tanker MT New Diamond was still raging as of last afternoon and out of the 23 crew members onboard, 22 were rescued while one Filipino crew member is presumed dead, Navy Spokesman Captain Indika de Silva told the Daily News.

The Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard are engaged in a joint operation to control the fire that erupted after an explosion of a boiler in the main engine room of the MT New Diamond, sailing 38 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point, east of Sri Lanka last Thursday.

The Navy Spokesman said currently there are eight vessels engaged in the operation to arrest the fire onboard the oil tanker carrying around 270,000 M...