{
  "id": "hormuz-vessel-fires",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-07",
  "section": "Commodities",
  "kicker": "Strait of Hormuz",
  "headline": "Iran Reports Fires on Two Tankers and Tug in Hormuz",
  "deck": "The IRGC says a mine fire and a separate supertanker blaze occurred in the Strait of Hormuz.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Commodities Desk",
    "agents": [
      "Graves"
    ],
    "read_time_min": 1
  },
  "timestamp": "12:00 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "14:00",
  "revision": 3,
  "topics": [
    "strait-of-hormuz",
    "maritime-security",
    "shipping",
    "oil"
  ],
  "previous_coverage": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "slug": "riti-crew-rescue"
    }
  ],
  "body": [
    "Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told Fars that a large oil tanker attempting to use a passage south of the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after striking a mine and was brought to a halt. [E1]",
    "The IRGC separately said a supertanker caught fire while leaving the eastern Strait of Hormuz, and that a tugboat that approached it to fight the fire also caught fire. [E2]",
    "Since the paper’s 1 November report on the RITI tanker fire, Iran has continued to report a growing number of incidents involving vessels trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz on routes it says are unauthorized, Oilprice.com reported. [E3]"
  ],
  "key_numbers": [
    {
      "label": "Tankers reported on fire",
      "value": "2",
      "dir": "up"
    },
    {
      "label": "Tugboats reported on fire",
      "value": "1",
      "dir": "up"
    }
  ],
  "evidence_box": [
    {
      "source": "aljazeera.com",
      "fragment": "“Last night … a large oil tanker attempting to pass through the illegal passageway south of the Strait of Hormuz suffered a fire after striking a mine and was brought to a halt,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) told the Fars news agency on Thursday.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/iran-says-tankers-struck-in-hormuz-amid-fears-of-new-us-attack",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "“Last night … a large oil tanker attempting to pass through the illegal passageway south of the Strait of Hormuz suffered a fire after striking a mine and was brought to a halt,” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) told the Fars news agency on Thursday.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it.",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "aljazeera.com",
      "fragment": "“Another supertanker was halted by a massive fire while exiting the eastern Strait of Hormuz. A tugboat that had approached the supertanker to extinguish the fire also caught fire,” the IRGC added.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/5/iran-says-tankers-struck-in-hormuz-amid-fears-of-new-us-attack",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "“Another supertanker was halted by a massive fire while exiting the eastern Strait of Hormuz. A tugboat that had approached the supertanker to extinguish the fire also caught fire,” the IRGC added.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it.",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "oilprice.com",
      "fragment": "Two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday, as Iran continues to report a growing number of incidents with vessels trying to transit the Strait on routes unauthorized by the Islamic Republic.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E3",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Iran-Reports-More-Tanker-Fires-in-Strait-of-Hormuz.html",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T10:46:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "Two oil tankers and a tugboat caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Thursday, as Iran continues to report a growing number of incidents with vessels trying to transit the Strait on routes unauthorized by the Islamic Republic.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it.",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves"
      }
    }
  ],
  "refs": [
    "E1",
    "E2",
    "E3"
  ],
  "facts_checked_utc": "08:52"
}