Disputed: Tanker set ablaze in Strait of Hormuz; Oman evacuates 25 crew, IRGC says mine hit it

Disputed · Strait of Hormuz (approximate) · 2026-10-30

A tanker caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday 30 October 2026 and its crew was evacuated. The Omani Maritime Security Centre says it evacuated 25 crew from the Panama-flagged tanker Riti, 1.6 nautical miles off Musandam, and Reuters reports the Omani navy did so. The IRGC says a supertanker carrying over two million barrels hit a naval mine on an unauthorised route and caught fire and that two or three tankers were hit that day, while Reuters security sources say a limpet mine hit a tanker.

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Verification

Disputed: 2 independent sources.

Sources disagree on:

Reuters, citing security sources, says a limpet mine hit the tanker, while the IRGC says it struck a naval mine on an unauthorised route, so whether it was a deliberate attack or a mine accident is disputed.
Oman's Maritime Security Centre says the vessel was targeted and caught fire, while the IRGC says the tanker exploded after hitting a mine on an unauthorised route.

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Detail	Reported	Reported by	Status
What happened	Naval incident	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram)); Reuters	Reports differ
What happened	Humanitarian	Reuters	Reports differ
What happened	Explosion	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	One origin
Place	Strait of Hormuz	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram)); Reuters	2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status
Place	Musandam, Oman	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram)); Reuters	2 origins, not corroborated; limited by the event's status
Place	Strait of Hormuz, Iran	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	One origin
Time	30 Oct, about 11:00 UTC	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	One origin, unverified
Who did it	Oman navy	Reuters	Reports differ
Who did it	IRGC	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	Reports differ
Target	Panama-flagged commercial vessel	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram)); Reuters	Reports differ
Target	supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	Reports differ
Target	giant oil tanker	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	Reports differ
Target	RITI	Al Jazeera (via @tabzlive (Telegram), Al Jazeera English (Telegram), Al Mayadeen English (Telegram))	Reports differ

2 more values not shown.

No detail reads as corroborated while the event itself does not.

The disagreements listed under Verification are written by the automated review; this table is computed by rules, so the two lists can differ.

Sources

Reuters, 2026-10-30 12:04 UTC
ME Observer (Telegram), 2026-10-30 12:22 UTC
Tasnim News (Telegram), 2026-10-30 12:24 UTC
Reuters, 2026-10-30 12:45 UTC
SentDefender (Telegram), 2026-10-30 13:04 UTC
Al Mayadeen English (Telegram), 2026-10-30 13:16 UTC
@tabzlive (Telegram), 2026-10-30 15:33 UTC
Middle East Eye, 2026-10-30 17:22 UTC
Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-30 18:33 UTC
Al Jazeera, 2026-10-30 18:33 UTC
Al Jazeera English (Telegram), 2026-10-30 18:46 UTC
TribLIVE.com, 2026-10-30 18:55 UTC
Middle East Eye, 2026-10-30 19:15 UTC

Changes

2026-10-30 12:24 UTC: Unverified
2026-10-30 13:11 UTC: Unverified to Disputed
2026-10-30 17:29 UTC: Disputed to Confirmed
2026-10-30 18:45 UTC: Confirmed to Disputed

First reported 2026-10-30 12:04 UTC; last updated 2026-10-30 19:28 UTC.

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