South Korea tanker oil fire: Sailor fighting for life and 9injured in huge blast.

Petrotahlil :A sailor is fighting for life after a huge explosion on an oil tanker in South Korea.

Nine other sailors were injured in the fire, which broke out on the Stolt Groenland, a 25,000-tonne, Cayman Island-flagged vessel, at the southern port of Ulsan.

Dramatic images showed a huge mushroom cloud of fire towering above the ships.

The blast occurred at around 10.50am (1.50 GMT), the Coast Guard said.

Follow us on twitter @petrotahlil 

END