Iran says five tankers and tugboat caught fire in Hormuz

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Iranian authorities said five oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz. The incident comes amid Iran’s restrictions on traffic through the strategically important waterway during the Iran war, which has disrupted a route carrying roughly one-fifth of global oil.

Five oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and army said in separate statements, according to local media on Thursday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Tehran has severely restricted traffic through the strategic waterway, which normally carries about one-fifth of global oil ...