<span style="color: #222222;">Sri Lanka's top environment body has warned and asked people to be vigilant in case of inclement weather.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">There could be slight acid rains due to the emission of nitrogen dioxide from the Singapore-flagged cargo ship which caught fire near the Colombo beach last week.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The cargo vessel – MV 'X-PRESS PEARL' – was carrying a consignment of chemicals and raw materials for cosmetics from Hazira in Gujarat to Colombo Port.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It caught fire 9.5 nautical miles from the coast in Colombo, where it was anchored outside the Port of Colombo on 20th of May.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Apart from the 325 metric tonnes of fuel in its tanks, MV X-Press Pearl was loaded with 1,486 containers carrying about 25 tonnes of hazardous nitric acid.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chairperson of Marine Environment Protection Authority (MEPA) Dharshani Lahandapura said that the blaze has been brought under control to a great extent and the authority is taking all appropriate measures to conduct beach clean-up procedures as soon as possible to avert the risks of pollution caused due to the fire in the cargo ship.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Lahandapura said, they are closely monitoring the situation and there is no sign of any oil spill.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">India on Tuesday dispatched ICG Vaibhav, ICG Dornier and Tug Water Lilly to help the Sri Lankan Navy extinguish the fire on the container ship.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">India's specialised pollution response vessel Samudra Prahari is reaching today to augment pollution control efforts.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">All 25 crew members of the ship – of Indian, Chinese, Filipino and Russian nationality – were rescued on Tuesday after a fire alarm dispatch was sent.</span><br />''  <br />