A container ship caught fire after sustaining damage in an incident off the coast of Oman late Saturday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an advisory issued on Sunday.
UKMTO said it received a report from military authorities that the incident involved a container ship located nine nautical miles (16.7 kilometers) east of Oman.
According to the report, the vessel sustained damage to its rear and experienced a fire onboard.
It added that an investigation is underway.
The incident comes amid heightened tensions following a recent exchange of attacks between the United States and Iran, triggered by alleged Iranian strikes on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz that lies between Iran and Oman.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy announced early Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz had been closed until further notice, after striking a vessel that attempted to transit the strategic waterway through an unapproved route.
Container ship hit, catches fire off Oman: UKMTO
Russia said on Saturday its forces had struck Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and multiple ports, while Ukraine reported attacks on Russian troop concentration areas over the past 24 hours.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in its latest report that early on Saturday, its forces had used ground-based long-range precision weapons to strike Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises in Kiev involved in the production and storage of medium- and long-range drones, as well as infrastructure at multiple ports in the Odesa region.
Over the past day, Russian forces have taken control of a settlement in the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine and struck Ukrainian targets in multiple other areas. In addition, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 41 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported 261 combat engagements on the front over the past day, with air forces striking two areas where Russian troops were concentrated.
Ukrainian forces repelled dozens of attacks in the Pokrovsk, Oleksandrivsk and Lyman directions in eastern Ukraine, while no Russian offensive operations were reported in the Kupyansk direction in eastern Ukraine.
Russia, Ukraine report mutual strikes on each other's military targets
