NewzBEIJING (AP) — At least 20 dead and 5 missing after cargo ship catches fire in Chinese port, state media report. BEIJING (AP) — At least 20 people were killed and five were missing after a cargo ship caught fire while docked in a Chinese port, Chinese state media reported Thursday. A photo released by Xinhua news agency identified the ship as the Ocean Melody, which sails under a Liberian flag, according to the public vessel-tracking website VesselFinder.
A total of 42 people had been on the vessel, and 12 of them were safely evacuated, Xinhua reported. BEIJING (AP) — An international cargo ship caught fire while docked in eastern China, leaving major casualties Thursday, according to China’s official Xinhua News Agency. The ship was docked for repairs in the Beihai Shipbuilding Co.
at the port of Qingdao, a major shipping hub on the northeastern Chinese coast. China’s President Xi Jinping issued “important instructions” to urgently conduct rescues of missing people. He did not give a number for the casualties.
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