🔻IRGC Navy says three oil tankers caught fire after hitting a mine in the Strait of Hormuz

The IRGC Navy said that on Saturday three oil tankers, after hitting sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz, caught fire.

The IRGC Navy said that earlier on Saturday, one oil tanker in the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz hit a sea mine, and the other two tankers also hit mines in the hours that followed later that day.

İRNA news agency, quoting the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, regarding an incident that occurred on Saturday evening, reported: “Two illegal tankers... while intending to pass through a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz, hit sea mines, exploded and burned in the fire.”