The Greek-flagged vessel caught fire on August 23 after the Houthi attack, the EU naval mission said.

By Ahmed Elimam

(Reuters) – The Greek-flagged ship Sounion caught fire on Aug. 23 after an attack by Yemen’s Houthis, with no obvious signs of an oil leak, the EU’s Red Sea naval mission, Aspides, said in a post on Monday on X.

The EU mission released photos dated Sunday showing fire and smoke coming from the ship’s main deck.

The Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said Thursday they attacked the Sounion oil tanker in the Red Sea. The Iran-aligned group has attacked ships in solidarity with the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Fires were seen in at least five locations on the ship’s main deck, Aspides said. In addition, part of the superstructure is on fire.

The satellite image captured by the European Space Agency’s Copernicus 2 Satellite showed smoke visible over the sea in the vicinity of where Sounion was last detected.

Reuters was able to find the last location image for the MV Sounion seen from the LSEG ship tracker.

Aspides said on Thursday that the 150,000-tonne tanker was an environmental hazard.