British military says a ship is ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz near the coast of Oman
DUBAI: A ship caught fire early Monday in the Strait of Hormuz near the coastline of Oman, the British military said.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center issued a warning about the fire, saying it was unclear what sparked the blaze.
The US military has been encouraging ships to use a route near Oman to transit the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has responded with attacks targeting those vessels, insisting it must have control over the crucial waterway through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded once passed in peacetime.
The UKMTO report came as the US military began a new round of airstrikes early Monday targeting Iran after announcing the death of another American service member, and Iran fired missiles toward Jordan that risked widening the conflict into neighboring Israel.
