A container ship that collided with a tanker holding 35 million litres of jet fuel off the UK east coast was carrying toxic sodium cyanide. Solong, the container ship, collided with tanker Stena Immaculate just before 10am GMT (11pm NZDT).

Jet fuel is spilling into the North Sea after a U.S.-flagged fuel tanker collided with a cargo ship off the eastern coast of England. Thirty-seven people have been brought to shore.

A cargo ship struck a tanker carrying jet fuel on Monday in the North Sea, sparking a massive fire off England and leaving 32 people injured, the tanker’s operator and authorities said. A major rescue operation was being coordinated by the UK Coastguard as images showed a huge plume of thick,