A US-bound cargo ship carrying cyanide crashed into an oil tanker near Hull, causing jet fuel leaks, explosions, and fires. All crew safe, but environmental risks are high. Authorities racing to contain the damage. #NorthSeaCollision www.bbc.com/news/live/cg... - ThreadSky

ulfdahle.bsky.social • 2 days ago

A US-bound cargo ship carrying cyanide crashed into an oil tanker near Hull, causing jet fuel leaks, explosions, and fires. All crew safe, but environmental risks are high. Authorities racing to contain the damage.

#NorthSeaCollision

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

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flidhais.bsky.social•1 day ago

ok. further down the comments...no cyanide...just empty containers that held it previously. 4 of them. who needs that much cyanide?

flidhais.bsky.social•1 day ago

cyanide. a whole shipful of cyanide. given the political climate here...we wanted a whole shipful of cyanide? its always nature that suffers the worst.

frobisher75.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank god the UK has a government that cares about environmental damage… oh wait… I meant money… did the ships contain money?

bicyclebaskets.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMFG

jwebb1970.bsky.social•2 days ago

Bloody hell!

spicypisces89.bsky.social•2 days ago

😳😳😳😭

ulfdahle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Correction: MV Solong was heading for Rotterdam, and Stena Immaculate was anchored in the area.

watchlady.bsky.social•1 day ago

That looks terrifying

peggylou2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sorry to hear this

flyguy1966.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exposure to sodium cyanide can be rapidly fatal. It has whole-body (systemic) effects, particularly affecting those organ systems most sensitive to low oxygen levels: the central nervous system (brain), the cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels), and the pulmonary system (lungs).

maulkat.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh no! This is horrible

jpmegraw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow

morgrid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump strikes again

alpha-aurora.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is this real? Cyanide? How many whales, porpoises and fish are going to die?!? And how fucking drunk were these captains to fucking run into one another?! Fucking hell

flidhais.bsky.social•1 day ago

i gripped at that too...it says, further down, 4 empty containers that formerly held cyanide. why? who knows.

ulfdahle.bsky.social•2 days ago

The leader of the environmental organization Oceana UK, Hugo Tagholm, says that whales risk "breathing in toxic smoke or suffocating from oil" when they come to the surface to breathe, according to Sky News.

nevisisland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Must have been using the Full Self Drive feature 😑

isakoditomassi.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is truly horrifying. I can only hope against hope that our government will respond quickly to aid in environmental damage control and restoration.

ulfdahle.bsky.social•2 days ago

UK Coastguard leads the response to the collision. Norwegian Coastal Administration monitors potential pollution and is prepared to support the UK upon request. MV Solong is insured by Norwegian Skuld, and Stena Immaculate is operated by Crowley (FL, USA). #NorthSeaCollision

ulfdahle.bsky.social•2 days ago

UK Coastguard, RNLI (4 boats), helicopters, firefighters, MAIB, and environmental agencies are all involved in the rescue and response after a collision between a cargo ship and tanker in the North Sea. #NorthSeaCollision

agnescaruso.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is a terrible situation & it needs to be managed to minimize the environmental damage.

cr8hope.bsky.social•2 days ago

Biological weapon? Cyanide! Environmental disaster 😭

flidhais.bsky.social•1 day ago

it was 4 empty containers that formerly contained cyanide.

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