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One killed as oil tanker catches fire off Hong Kong
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- 08 January, 2019
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Baku. 8 January. REPORT.AZ/ An oil tanker caught fire in Hong Kong’s southern waters on Tuesday, killing one crew member while at least 21 were rescued, police said, with witnesses reporting a loud blast that shook windows several kilometres away.
Report informs citing Reuters that rescue operations were going on about one nautical mile south of Lamma Island.
“There are still some crew that haven’t been saved,” a police spokeswoman told Reuters. She was not immediately able to provide more details including the name of the tanker, or its size.
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Honkonq sahillərində neft tankeri yanıb, ölən var
У берегов Гонконга загорелся нефтяной танкер, есть погибший
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