LONDON, July 14 (Reuters) - The chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium caught fire on Tuesday following the "explosion of an unidentified external device" as it was sailing in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman, according to its manager Stolt Tankers, the main unit of Norwegian shipping company Stolt-Nielsen's. • The incident occurred at 12:40 a.m. (2040 GMT on Monday) and caused a fire in the vessel's engine room, it said in a statement.• All of the vessel's seafarers were safe and accounted for, it added, and the crew had begun fighting the fire.

Et skip fra Stolt Tankers, som eies av Stolt-Nielsen skal ha blitt angrepet utenfor Oman.

Det oppsto brann i maskinrommet da kjemikalietankeren «Stolt Magnesium» ble angrepet tidlig tirsdag morgen utenfor Oman i Arabiahavet.