U.S.-based maritime management firm Crowley, which operates the Stena Immaculate, said the tanker “sustained a ruptured cargo tank containing Jet-A1 fuel,” when the container ship struck it, triggering a fire and “multiple explosions onboard,” with fuel released into the sea. It said all 23 mariners on the tanker were safe and accounted for.

Salvage crews headed to a damaged jet fuel tanker off the coast of England on Tuesday, a day after it was hit by a container ship in an unexplained collision that has raised concerns of an environmental disaster.