LONDON (TNND) -- An oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off the northeastern coast of England on Monday, causing a huge fire and the emergency rescue of 32 people.
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency sent a helicopter and lifeboats from nearby towns along with "vessels with fire-fighting capability" to help with the incident in the North Sea, according to BBC.
Video showed massive plumes of black smoke and a vessel engulfed by flames.
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) said "there were reports that a number of people had abandoned the vessels following a collision and there were fires on both ships."
Ship-tracking website VesselFinder shows the incident is believed to involve the U.S.-flagged chemical and oil products carrier MV Stena Immaculate, which was at anchor after sailing from Greece, and Portugal-flagged container ship Solong, sailing from Grangemouth in Scotland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The alarm was raised at 9:48 a.m. local time, the coastguard reported. The collision is listed as being off the coast of Hull, about 155 miles north of London.