Oman rescues 25 from burning oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Incident comes as Iran says three oil tankers were halted while attempting to use ‘unauthorised routes’ to cross Hormuz.Published On 30 Oct 202630 Oct 2026Oman has rescued 25 crew members from a burning crude oil tanker as ships continue to be targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.The Omani Maritime Security Centre said in a statement on Friday that it had evacuated the people aboard the RITI merchant ship. Oman said the vessel was flying the Panamanian flag, while the tracking website MarineTraffic identified it as a crude oil tanker.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Oil flows are up as Iran war turmoil eases. Why do prices keep rising?list 2 of 3Senators briefed on Trump’s ‘insane’ plan to restart war on Iranlist 3 of 3Qatari officials in Iran in bid to revive ceasefire deal with USend of listThe incident came as Iran said three oil tankers had been halted while attempting to use “unauthorised routes” to cross the Strait of Hormuz.It is unclear whether one of the vessels was the tanker whose crew were evacuated by Omani maritime authorities.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said all three vessels were carrying oil and that one was a supertanker. It added that...