Massive fireball’ after oil tanker hit by cargo ship ‘carrying sodium cyanide’ - The Solong cargo ship was carrying 15 containers of the highly toxic compound sodium cyanide, a Lloyd's List Intelligence casualty report said.

Environmentalists have raised the alarm after a cargo ship collided with an oil tanker off the East Yorkshire coast in the North Sea, sparking fears about a massive impact to local wildlife

The 36 crew members of both vessels have been evacuated to port, none have had to be hospitalized. Two ships, a tanker and a cargo ship, collided on Monday in the North Sea off the coast of East Yorkshire.