Dubai — Response teams extinguished the fire on a Kuwaiti oil tanker after a drone struck the vessel at Anchorage E in Dubai’s waters on Tuesday. Dubai authorities confirmed that crews brought the blaze under control in line with established safety procedures and found no oil leakage at the site. All 24 crew members on board remained safe, with no injuries reported.
The Dubai Media Office issued updates as maritime firefighting teams worked through the incident and confirmed the situation was contained. Relevant teams will continue to assess the vessel and surrounding waters, with further updates to follow once available.
The attack on the tanker forms part of a pattern of Iranian strikes on commercial shipping in the Gulf since the US and Israel launched operations against Iran on February 28. Kuwait Petroleum Corp earlier identified the vessel as the crude carrier Al-Salmi and warned of a possible oil spill in surrounding waters. Dubai authorities’ confirmation of no leakage removes that immediate environmental risk.
The incident underlines the exposure of Gulf ports and shipping lanes to the conflict. The Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly one-fifth of global oil flows, remains closed under Iranian control. With the April 6 deadline for a US-Iran deal now less than a week away, commercial vessels operating in Gulf waters continue to face risk from drone and missile attacks as both sides hold their positions.
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