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BLACK SEA (NOV. 28, 2025) (TURKISH MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF TURKISH COAST GUARD BOAT SAILING TOWARD BURNING TANKER SHIP

2. RESCUERS WALKING ON BOAT

3. STILL PHOTO OF RESCUERS ON LADDER HANGING ON TANKER

4. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF RESCUED CREW OF TANKER

BLACK SEA - NOV. 28: Türkiye's rescue units rescued all staff of a tanker ship, KAIROS, which caught fire on Friday, the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs announced on US social media platform X.

The directorate said the empty KAIROS tanker, en route to the port of Novoroski, Russia, caught fire due to an external factor 28 miles (45 kilometers) off Türkiye's coast.

The evacuation of personnel aboard the KAIROS has been completed by the Directorate General of Coastal Safety.

The Directorate General for Maritime Affairs previously said all 25 crew members on board are in good condition.

Later the ship was brought to the Kandira Coast Guard Command in Kocaeli province.

Separately, the directorate said a tanker, named VIRAT, was reported to have been hit approximately 35 nautical miles offshore in the Black Sea.

Rescue teams and a commercial vessel were dispatched to the ship, it said, adding that all 20 crew members on board are in good condition.