**LONDON —** An oil tanker and a cargo vessel collided in the North Sea off the British coast on Monday, the U.K. Coast Guard confirmed.
His Majesty’s Coastguard, the U.K.’s national maritime emergency service, said it was coordinating a response to the collision, which occurred off the coast of East Yorkshire, England.
Authorities were alerted to the incident at 9:48 a.m. local time (5:48 a.m. ET).
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene, along with lifeboats from multiple areas, including Skegness, Bridlington, Mablethorpe, and Cleethorpes, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said in a statement.
The statement also mentioned that a coast guard aircraft and nearby vessels with “fire-fighting capability” were being deployed.
As of early Monday, it remained unclear whether there were any injuries linked to the incident.
