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Ship on fire off coast of Iraq: maritime agency

DUBAI: The British maritime security agency UKMTO reported on Monday that a vessel was on fire off the coast of Iraq, without specifying the cause of the incident or the status of the crew. “UKMTO has received multiple third-party reports of a vessel on fire, 63 nautical miles southeast of Al-Faw, Iraq,” it said. “Crew status, damage assessment, and environmental impact are unknown at time of report,” the agency added. Al-Faw is a port town that sits on the Gulf, neighboring Kuwait and Iran.