X-Press Pearl clean-up under way as blaze ‘contained considerably’
The chemical fire has decayed but flames and smoke are still being emitted. Tugs and the Sri Lankan navy continued to spray the ship as weather improved on Friday
Sri Lanka’s government started cleaning up chemical debris from the fire-stricken X-Press Pearl as the blaze reached its eighth day
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