2024-01-28T04:51:19+00:00
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/ The US Central Command, “Centacom”, announced today, Sunday, that the Yemeni “Ansar Allah” group’s targeting of the ship “Marlin Luanda” resulted in a fire breaking out on it and it was extinguished without causing any casualties, indicating that the ship returned to its previous course.
“Centacom” said in a statement, “Yesterday, Saturday, the Houthis (Ansar Allah group), supported by Iran, attacked the ship “Marlin Luanda”, owned by the Bermuda Islands and flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, with an anti-ship ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden. The ship is transporting a shipment of naphtha for use. Commercial, which is a mixture of highly flammable liquid hydrogen. Following the missile attack, a large fire broke out in one of the cargo holds.”
The statement added: “The destroyer USS Carney, the French naval frigate FS Alsace, and the Indian naval frigate INS Visakhapatnam responded quickly, providing important materials to fight the fires and assist the civilian crew, whose ability to carry out fires was exhausted.” Organic firefighting. The multinational crew, whose lives were put in danger by the Houthis, consists of 22 Indians and 1 Bangladeshi.”
He continued: “Thanks to this quick response by the American, Indian and French naval forces, the fire has now been extinguished. There were no casualties in the attack, and the ship remains seaworthy and has returned to its previous course.”
Yesterday, Saturday, the “Ansar Allah” group claimed responsibility for targeting the oil ship “Marlin Luanda” with a missile while it was sailing in the Gulf of Aden, which led to the outbreak of a massive fire on it that lasted for hours before the company that owned it was able to extinguish it.