22 crew rescued from burning commercial ship in Gulf of Oman

The national guard did not name the vessel, identify its flag, or disclose the cause of the fire. Its Arabic-language statement described the ship as a cargo vessel but also referred to it as a tanker.

The rescue came a day after US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that a US military aircraft used precision munitions against the stern of the Saint Kitts-flagged bulker Huda in the Gulf of Oman on Saturday, November 7.

CENTCOM said the crew had disregarded repeated warnings and tried to breach the naval blockade against Iran.

The Joint Maritime Information Center has recorded 177 maritime security incidents in the region since March 1. Its November 8 update also logged a tanker fire approximately eight nautical miles northwest of Khasab, Oman, on Saturday, with the crew evacuated.