India, June 11 -- The fire reported on a Singapore-flagged container vessel off the coast of Kerala continued to rage on Tuesday with three vessels of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) engaged in constant fire-fighting operations, even as experts issued warnings about a possible oil spill and massive damage to the marine ecosystem citing the presence of dangerous goods in its cargo. The vessel Wan Hai 503, which was sailing from Colombo to Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai, had experienced an explosion in one of its containers sparking a fire on Monday while it was around 70 nautical miles off Kozhikode.P10
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