The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sunion is still on fire in the Red Sea and appears to be oil spill after being attacked by Yemen’s Houthi group, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said
The spokesman added that a third party tried to send two tugs to help rescue the Sunyon, but the Houthis threatened to attack them.
British Navy
Three projectiles hit the oil tanker Sunion off the coast of the western Yemeni city of Hodeidah on Wednesday, causing a fire on board and the loss of engine power, according to the UKMTO agency, which is run by the British Navy.
The Iranian-backed Houthis said they targeted the ship with drones and missiles.
“Exxon Valdez disaster”
In a statement on Saturday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller warned that “the ongoing Houthi attacks threaten to spill 1 million barrels of oil into the Red Sea, four times the amount of oil that was lost in the “Exxon Valdez disaster” in 1989, which was one of the largest environmental disasters in US history.
