6 missing in fishing boat fire off southwestern S. Korea
Six people went missing
in a fishing boat fire that broke out in waters off southwestern South Korea on
Thursday, according to Yonhap news agency.
It was reported to the
coast guard at around 8:39 a.m. local time (2339 GMT on Wednesday) that the
34-ton fishing vessel caught fire in waters off Buan County, about 200 km
southwest of the capital Seoul.
Among eleven people on
board the ill-fated ship, five were rescued but six others remained unaccounted
for.
The coast guard
dispatched 10 patrol boats to the scene and asked nearby ships for help.
Search operations were
underway amid the high seas watch that was effective in nearby waters.
xinhua
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