MUSCAT, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Oman's Royal Navy evacuated 25 crew members from a commercial vessel following an attack off the country's coast, the country's Maritime Security Center said Friday.
The vessel caught fire after being attacked about 1.6 nautical miles off the coast of Musandam in northern Oman, the center said in a statement.
The navy carried out the evacuation in coordination with the center, it added, and the crew received necessary medical care.
The center provided no further details.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported Thursday that a vessel sailing outbound through the Strait of Hormuz caught fire, roughly 25 nautical miles northeast of Khasab, the provincial capital of Musandam. ■
