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Iran's IRGC says two tankers and tugboat caught fire in Strait of Hormuz
- One tanker struck a mine while attempting to cross a passage south of the strait
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The IRGC reported two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after using unauthorized routes. One tanker struck a mine, while another and a tugboat caught fire.
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- Oil tankers and a tugboat catching fire in the Strait of Hormuz.
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- IRGC's statement on the maritime incidents.
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday that two oil tankers and a tugboat had caught fire in separate incidents after attempting to use unauthorised routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
One tanker struck a mine while attempting to cross a passage south of the strait, while another supertanker caught fire while exiting the route in the eastern part of the waterway, the IRGC said.
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A tugboat that approached the second vessel to help extinguish the fire also caught fire.