Satellite imagery shows smoke at site of Hormuz tanker fires

@sentdefender reports Sentinel-2 imagery shows a large smoke column near where NASA FIRMS detected a thermal anomaly around 6 a.m. UTC, as the IRGC says three tankers exploded and caught fire on an unauthorized Strait of Hormuz route.

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• Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows a large, dark column of smoke rising near the location where NASA FIRMS first detected a thermal anomaly at about 6 a.m. UTC today. The imagery comes as Iran’s Islam (@sentdefender on X)
• Iran suggests blasts are not US attacks as both sides report ships hit (Reuters)
• Iran: US strikes ship after Hormuz blockade breach (DW)
• The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) says three vessels that attempted an “unauthorized” transit of the Strait of Hormuz “suffered explosions and fires.” The video it released with the (@sentdefender on X)
• The IRGC released footage showing a burning oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz after it was targeted by Iranian forces. A total of three oil tankers were reportedly hit in one day. (amk_mapping on Telegram)

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