Fire of submerged oil tanker off Shanghai coast extinguished

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The flames on the Panama-registered oil tanker off the coast of Shanghai were extinguished on Monday and cleaning work has started.

The oil tanker Sanchi collided with CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, about 160 nautical miles east of the Yangtze River estuary in Shanghai on Jan. 6. It finally foundered on Sunday and the sinking location is about 151 nautical miles southeast of where the collision occurred.

(CGTN)