Jet fuel caught fire and leaked into the North Sea on Monday after a cargo ship reportedly carrying sodium cyanide hit a tanker chartered by the US military off the

More than 24 hours later, the other ship involved in the collision - the Solong - is still ablaze and drifting in the North Sea. BBC News has spoken to eyewitnesses who have recounted how the crash and evacuation unfolded over 30 life-or-death minutes.

British officials are bracing for environmental damage after a cargo ship carrying a toxic chemical hit a tanker transporting jet fuel off eastern England