Firefighters have extinguished a fire on an MSC boxship off Sri Lanka.

The blaze broke out on the 13,800-teu MSC Daniela (built 2008) on Tuesday night 11 miles west of Colombo, local media said.

The Indian navy said it had sent two ships, INS Gharial and INS Darshak, to help with containing the bright orange flames.

An Indian coast guard ship also assisted.

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