{"id":523562,"date":"2026-09-14T17:13:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=523562"},"modified":"2026-09-14T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:13:10","slug":"oil-tanker-explodes-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/oil-tanker-explodes-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil tanker explodes in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Panama-flagged oil tanker EL GAIA exploded Monday night near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IRGC Navy said the incident occurred after the vessel struck naval mines in the area, triggering a major emergency in the strategic maritime passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an official statement from Iran\u2019s naval forces, the tanker was attempting to pass \u201cthrough an area closed to navigation south of the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the initial explosion, efforts to contain the emergency were unsuccessful, with the entire tanker eventually engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Panama-flagged oil tanker EL GAIA exploded Monday night near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, according to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The IRGC Navy said the incident occurred after the vessel struck naval mines in the area, triggering a major emergency in the strategic maritime passage. According to an official statement from Iran\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-523562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2ccy","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/ad76fa2d-f17e-4e30-b082-08fa1ad86ab4.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/ad76fa2d-f17e-4e30-b082-08fa1ad86ab4.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}