Firefighting efforts resume on burning tanker off China
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Chinese reports say firefighting vessels have resumed attempts to put out a blaze aboard an oil tanker in the East China Sea.
The reports Thursday follow an explosion aboard the Sanchi, whose 32-member crew is still mostly missing.
Photos on the Ministry of Transportation's microblog showed thick black smoke pouring out of the ship on Thursday morning. Rescuers on Tuesday found a body believed to be a crewmember from the Iranian-operated tanker but there has been no sign of survivors.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Chinese officials have warned that the tanker could explode and sink, possibly triggering an environmental disaster.
The Sanchi was carrying nearly 1 million barrels of condensate, a type of gassy, ultra-light oil, when it collided Saturday evening with a freighter 257 kilometers (160 miles) from Shanghai and caught fire.