Dave O’Hara, senior site manager at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Bempton Cliffs, says the incident has taken place in an area home to England's largest gannet colony and internationally important populations of seabirds.

The arrest comes on the heels of yesterday’s dramatic collision in which an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off eastern England, sending both ships into flames. The oil tanker involved in the incident was the U.S.-flagged Stena Immaculate, while the other ship was the Portuguese-registered container ship Solong.

A man has been arrested by UK police for suspected manslaughter after the likely death of one person following the collision of two ships in the North Sea, according to Sky News. A container ship hit a stationary tanker that was carrying jet fuel for the U.

LONDON (AP) — British police arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why a cargo ship hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. One sailor was presumed dead.

An environmental group in the U.K. says the North Sea tanker collision could become a "disaster in really important protected areas."

A 59-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter after the collision between a tanker and a cargo vessel in the North Sea.

Video and photos from the collision Monday showed massive plumes of black smoke and the vessels engulfed by flames.

One crew member remains missing and is presumed dead following the collision between a cargo ship and a U.S. oil tanker.

A 59-year-old man has been arrested after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided in the North Sea on Monday, police have said. The Portuguese-flagged Solong collided with the US-registered tanker Stena Immaculate,

British police arrested a 59-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with a ship crash in the North Sea that sparked a massive blaze, leaving one crew member