A cargo ship hits a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England on Monday, setting both vessels ablaze and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea.

All but one of the 37 crew of the two ships were brought safely ashore. One crew member from the cargo ship, Solong, was missing, the vessel’s owner Ernst Russ said.

The two ships were still ablaze 12 hours after the collision, British coast guards said. The British government said it was assessing “any counter-pollution response which may be required over the coming days.”

Xinhua