<ul class="summary-list"><li>Plastic pellets are blanketing <keyword id="6355572" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="sri-lanka">Sri Lanka</keyword>'s shores after a ship caught <keyword id="28762" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="fire">fire</keyword> and sank into the Indian Ocean.</li><li>The '<keyword id="11330194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="X-Press-Pearl">X-Press Pearl</keyword>' began burning on May 21 after an alleged leakage of nitric acid started a fire.</li><li>This is one of the worst ecological disasters in the country's history.</li></ul>

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A container ship fire off the coast of Sri Lanka threatens marine life as more than 350 metric tons of oil sink to the bottom of the Indian Ocean. Local officials prepare for the worst.

Thousands of pounds of tiny plastic pellets are blanketing Sri Lanka's shores after a vessel caught fire and sank into the Indian Ocean

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The X-Press Pearl disaster is now threatening marine life as more than 350 metric tons of oil sink to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

Thousands of pounds of tiny plastic pellets are blanketing Sri Lanka's shores after a vessel caught fire and sank into the Indian Ocean | Business Insider India

Thousands of pounds of tiny plastic pellets are blanketing Sri Lanka's shores after a vessel caught fire and sank into the Indian Ocean

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