ADEN, Yemen, July 6 (Xinhua) -- A Saudi oil supertanker was set on fire and its captain went missing after armed clashes between the Yemeni Coast Guards and Somali pirates who attempted to seize the tanker off the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, a local official told Xinhua.
Armed clashes took place between the Yemeni Coast Guards and Somali pirates who tried to hijack the "Brlenti Velots", the Saudi oil tanker, off the Gulf of Aden, the official said, who asked to remain anonymous, adding that the oil tanker then burst into a blaze and its captain went missing.
The naval forces were seeking to put off the fire, which was continuing to grew up after the armed clashes, according to the official.
Meanwhile, an official of Aden province told Xinhua that the Yemeni naval forces announced on Wednesday the state of emergency and deployed a number of vessels along the maritime shipping line adjacent to the Gulf of Aden.
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