PNN – While some news reports claimed that an American submarine attacked an Iranian tanker, Reuters reported that the tanker was not Iranian and was traveling from Oman to Djibouti.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Reuters reported that the European Union maritime mission announced that a Cameroon-flagged liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker suffered an explosion and a massive fire on Saturday off the coast of Yemen.
According to the report, the crew of the ship was forced to abandon ship after the explosion.
The European mission, known as Aspides, said in a statement: The tanker MV Falcon is currently on fire and is near the coast of Yemen.
According to the report, the spread of the fire has created a serious danger to shipping traffic in the area, and all vessels in the vicinity have been asked to maintain a safe distance from the tanker.
According to initial reports, the exact cause of the explosion has not yet been determined, but initial evidence suggests that the incident was likely caused by a sudden event.
It is said that about 15% of the ship’s hull is on fire.
At the time, it was reported that a search and rescue operation was underway for the tanker’s 26-member crew. So far, two merchant ships near the scene have been able to rescue 24 of the crew, but two remain missing.
The British security company Ambrey announced that the tanker MV Falcon was en route from the Omani port of Sohar to Djibouti and that the incident occurred about 113 nautical miles southeast of the port of Aden in southern Yemen.
Security sources have emphasized that no signs of a missile or drone attack were observed in the area, and the type of incident does not match the pattern of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi (Ansarullah) forces.
Also, an official from the Ministry of Defense of the Ansarullah-backed government in Sanaa denied any connection between the group and the incident in an interview with Saba News Agency.
Yemeni Ansarullah forces have carried out numerous attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea since 2023, before the Gaza ceasefire agreement, in support of the people of the region and the Palestinian people.
These actions have been taken as part of an operation to support the people of Gaza and to support them against the all-out aggression of the Zionist regime against this region.