A tanker's engine room caught fire off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a UK maritime agency said, reporting two missing and one casualty.
Earlier, British maritime security company Vanguard Tech said the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello had "transmitted a distress call stating that its engine room had been struck by a missile while operating off Sohar in the Gulf of Oman" and that there was a fire onboard.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency later reported an incident 20 nautical miles northeast of Sohar in Oman.
"Local authorities have reported a tanker has experienced a fire in their engine room and are on the scene assisting with the evacuation of the crew," it said.
"The vessel is reporting one casualty and two crew members missing. No environment impact reported," it added.
