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Sri Lanka cleans up after massive container ship fire

The MV X-Press Pearl, carrying cosmetics and chemicals including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, burned for six days while anchored off Colombo harbor.

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Sri Lanka cleans up after massive container ship fire

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  1. Sri Lanka cleans up after massive container ship fire

  2. Sri Lankan Navy members push the debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship, which caught fire off Colombo Harbour, in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 28, 2021.

  3. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka, May 26. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/via REUTERS

  4. Sri Lankan navy members pull a sack with debris in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  5. A navy officer patrols near a damaged cargo container spilled from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  6. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka, May 26. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/via REUTERS

  7. A backhoe loader collects debris on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  8. Sri Lankan navy members remove debris on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  9. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka, May 26. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/via REUTERS

  10. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container ship in the seas off the Colombo Harbour as villagers push the cargo spilled from it on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  11. A Sri Lankan navy member removes debris on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  12. Villagers search for cargos on a beach spilled from MV X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire in the seas off the Colombo Harbour in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  13. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container ship off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka, May 25. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/via REUTERS

  14. An officer from National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency collects samples of cargo spilled from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire off the Colombo Harbour, on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26.

  15. A man wearing a protective mask looks on as smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container ship in the seas off the Colombo Harbour in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  16. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container in the seas off the Colombo Harbour, in Sri Lanka, May 26. Sri Lanka Airforce Media/via REUTERS

  17. People look as the debris of cargos spilled from MV X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire in the seas off the Colombo Harbour in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  18. Smoke rises from a fire onboard the MV X-Press Pearl container ship is seen in the seas off the Colombo Harbour in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka, May 26. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  19. Sri Lankan navy members remove debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship which caught fire off the Colombo Harbour, on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  20. Sri Lankan navy members remove debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  21. A Sri Lankan navy member carries a sack with debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  22. Sri Lankan navy members remove debris washed off to a beach from the MV X-Press Pearl container ship on a beach in Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka May 27. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

  23. Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after winning his semi-final match against Spain's Rafael Nadal. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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