A fire on one of two ships involved in a collision in the North Sea has been extinguished. US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate and Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong collided off the East Yorkshire coast on Monday.

A Russian captain is detained in the UK after a cargo ship collided with a US tanker in the North Sea, sparking fears of environmental damage. The vessel failed safety checks previously. The Solong vessel was moving between Scotland and the Netherlands when it hit the tanker.

On Monday, the cargo ship collided with MV Stena Immaculate, a tanker transporting jet fuel for the US military in the North Sea off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. The collision sent jet fuel pouring into the sea and sparked fears of significant environmental damage.