A fire broke out on board the tanker Hafnia Africa in the Gulf of Izmit, located in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, APA reports citing TRT Haber TV channel.
"For an unknown reason, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Singapore-flagged crude oil tanker Hafnia Africa, located at the anchorage," the publication says.
The TV channel clarified that there were no fuel leaks in the sea.
Currently, experts are continuing to extinguish the fire.