Latest fire extinguished on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says a fresh fire on a large oil tanker drifting off Sri Lanka’s coast has been extinguished after burning for two days, as experts prepared to salvage the vessel. A new blaze broke out Monday on the MT New Diamond, which was carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude oil, and reached the magnitude of last week’s fire, only a day after it was extinguished. Officials have warned of massive environmental damage to Sri Lanka’s