UK media reported that both the oil tanker and cargo vessel were on fire off the northeastern coast of England. At least 32 injured have been brought ashore so far, a UK port official told AFP. The oil tanker involved in the collision is on fire, two separate sources with knowledge of the crash have told the BBC. Lifeboat services reported that several people had abandoned the vessels following the collision, according to British media reports.\”Ambulances are queuing on the quay,\” said Martyn Boyers, chief executive of the Port of Grimsby East. The alarm about the collision was alerted at 0948 GMT, the UK Coastguard said on Monday. The cargo ship involved is the \”Solong\” or \”So Long\”, owned by the German company Reederei Koepping, media reports said, adding it was operated by Crowley, a US-based maritime company. The Coastguard added that a helicopter, aircraft, lifeboats from four towns and other nearby vessels were part of the large rescue operation.