Malaysian agencies search for 3 missing men of S’pore-bound tanker that caught fire
The Malaysian maritime authorities were looking for three missing crew members of a Singapore-bound tanker on Tuesday, a day afterActing deputy director-general of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Rear-Admiral Saiful Lizan Ibrahim, said the authorities had yet to find the missing men.The search area has been widened to 71 nautical miles from the site of the incident, said Rear-Adm Saiful.
He did not discount the possibility that the three crew members – two Indian nationals and one Ukrainian – could still be on board the vessel, Pablo. “The fire has stopped for now, but our search and rescue team has not been able to board due to thick smoke,” he said.In a statement on Monday night, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore said the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Singapore received information from the master of tanker Enola that the vessel had rescued 18 crew members from Pablo.There were no Singaporean crew members on board, the MPA said.
He said a hazardous-materials team from Malaysia’s Fire and Rescue Department will be deployed to the stricken ship on Wednesday to check it and identify the cause of the blaze before sending in a team to look for the missing men.
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