Kasargod, Jul 24: Three gas tankers washed ashore on the Berika beach, near Kumbla, on Tuesday to the bewilderment of local people.
The three capsule-shaped tankers joined on an iron frame were found on shore around 10 a.m. Coastal police, police and fire and rescue services personnel rushed to the spot to prevent the crowd from going close to the tankers.
“From the markings, we could make out that two tankers have the capacity to hold 24,000 litres each, and the other 24,300 litres,” V. Shekharan, Sub-Inspector, Coastal Police, said adding that the police could not assess whether the tankers were empty or not.
Authorities were alerted to a tanker-like object floating nearly two nautical miles off the Koipady beach between Kasaragod and Kumbla, he said. He said the Coast Guard had been alerted. Personnel from the Coast Guard's centre in Kannur would reach here to take stock of the situation.
The coastal police had noted down the details but had no means to find out the contents of the tankers, the police said.
Recently, fishermen had spotted football-like objects in the sea while a refrigerator got entangled in the net of some fishermen off the Kanhangad coast.
The tankers could have been abandoned by a ship, Mr. Shekharan said adding only an inquiry would unravel the mystery behind the incident.
A few residents in the locality wanted the authorities to remove the tankers immediately in case they contained dangerous substances, the police said.
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