The Palau-flagged Settebello transmitted a distress call on Wednesday reporting a missile strike on its engine room off Sohar in the Gulf of Oman, where local authorities are assisting with crew evacuation, the UK maritime agency reported.

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.

The Palau-flagged Settebello transmitted a distress call on Wednesday reporting a missile strike on its engine room off Sohar in the Gulf of Oman, where local authorities are…

MT Settebello is second tanker struck by US forces in two days