Singapore Tanker Catches Fire

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JOHOR BAHRU, A tanker carrying about 2,000 tonnes of used oil caught fire about 3.3 nautical miles off Pengerang, Kota Tinggi, near here Monday.Region II Marine Operations Force Head of the Intelligence Division DSP Rosman Ismail said 15 of 17 crewmen were rescued in the 11am incident.
Five of them are seriously injured while two Indonesian crew identified only as Mustakim and Salehuddin, are still missing."The fire caused oil spill but it is not serious," Rosman said.
The crewmen, comprising 15 Indonesians and two Chinese nationals jumped into the sea when the tanker owned by a Singapore company caught fire.Ten of them were rescued by the Marine Operations Force at about 11.10am while five others were rescued by the Singapore coast guard several minutes later.Heavy rain doused the fire on the ship which was registered in San Lorenzo, Argentina.The ship was carrying used oil from Indonesia to Singapore and had moored there since four days ago.Explosions were heard during the fire.

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