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Man arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter amid fears for environment

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A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter and possibly manslaughter in connection with a collision between a cargo ship, the Solong, and a fuel tanker, the Stena Immaculate, off the coast of Yorkshire in the North Sea. At least one barrel is leaking oil into the sea.

    1. The Solong is still alight and the fire on board the Stena Immaculate has greatly diminished.
    1. The man arrested remains in custody at this time whilst enquiries are underway.
    1. Search and rescue operations for the missing sailor continued throughout yesterday, but were called off yesterday evening, at the point of which the chances of their survival had unfortunately significantly diminished.
    2. Our working assumption is that, very sadly, the sailor is deceased.
    3. Counter-pollution measures and assets are already in place, and both vessels are being closely monitored for structural integrity.
    1. We are able to confirm that there are no containers on board with sodium cyanide (inside).
    2. Our team is actively engaged with all local authorities, and we will work with cleanup teams to ensure every effort is made to mitigate further impacts on the marine environment.
    3. There are four empty containers that have previously contained the hazardous chemical and these containers will continue to be monitored.
    1. Somebody should have been in charge of both vessels. And so, the fact that this has happened in quite a well-known area for traffic and shipping movements is quite extraordinary.
    1. There's also the issue that a lot of it is burning, so that changes the complexity and chemistry a bit.
    2. If you've got huge plumes of this and birds flying through, they will be affected.
    1. Most of it will evaporate quite quickly and what doesn't evaporate will be degraded by microorganisms quite quickly.
    2. The good news is... it's not like a crude oil spill.