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Aerial footage shows the damaged MV Stena Immaculate tanker, a day after it collided with the MV Solong cargo ship off eastern England, March 11, 2025.

British police arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. One sailor was presumed dead.

Humberside Police said the 59-year-old was detained "on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the collision." The man, who was not named by police, has not been charged.

U.K. officials were watching for damage to birds and sea life after jet fuel from a ruptured tank poured into the North Sea when the Portugal-registered container ship Solong broadsided the U.S.-flagged tanker MV Stena Immaculate on Monday. The collision sparked explosions and fires that burned for more than 24 hours.

Footage filmed from a helicopter on Tuesday morning showed the fire appeared to largely be out on the tanker, which had a large gash on its port side.

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