Experts warn of North Sea collision’s ‘devastating’ impact on marine life

Highly toxic jet fuel leaking from oil tanker threatens local ecosystems as investigations begin into collision's cause

Leaking fuel from the collision between a cargo ship and oil tanker in the North Sea would have a devastating" impact on marine life, experts have said, as investigations began into the cause of the incident.

Fires continued to burn onboard both vessels 24 hours after the Stena Immaculate tanker and cargo ship Solong collided off the coast of Yorkshire on Monday morning. A search for a missing crew member was called off overnight.