NEGOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lankan authorities Sunday said they will sue the owners of a Singapore-registered cargo carrier that has burned for 11 straight days off the island’s west coast and caused some of its worst-ever marine pollution.
Police said a criminal investigation was also launched into the blaze aboard the MV X-Press Pearl, which was carrying 25 tonnes of nitric acid and a huge amount of plastic raw materials.
The intense fire, still burning at the rear of the 186-meter (610 feet) vessel, has destroyed much of the cargo, some of which also fell into the Indian Ocean.
Tonnes of microplastic granules have inundated the South Asian nation’s famed beaches, …
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