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An oil tanker has caught alight in a massive fireball after colliding with a cargo vessel in the North Sea.
Four lifeboat crews were called to the scene and a number of people had abandoned the vessels, according to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
The red circle indicates the collision site (VesselFinder) and the cargo vessel called MV Solong was due to arrive at the port of Rotterdam.
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