The British Maritime Trade Operations Organization (UKMTO) announced today serious developments in the attack on the oil tanker "SOUNION" in the Red Sea two days ago. 

According to the organization, three huge fires broke out on board the tanker, which led to it losing control and beginning to drift in international waters.

The organization fears that the fire will cause major environmental pollution in the region, in addition to threatening maritime navigation in one of the most important waterways in the world.

A French destroyer had rescued the ship's crew and brought them to safety, while leaving the ship on fire and drifting in the Bab al-Mandab area, which was burning due to Houthi attacks on international shipping lines.