BEIJING: At least 20 people have been killed in a fire aboard a foreign cargo vessel undergoing repairs at a state-owned shipyard in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao on Thursday (Sep 10), state media reported, with five others still missing.
The fire broke out at about 11.15am at the Qingdao Beihai shipyard during repair and inspection works, state-run Xinhua said. Of the 42 people onboard, 12 were evacuated safely and five were injured and hospitalised.
The blaze was extinguished by early afternoon, state media said.
A picture of the scene released by Xinhua showed the vessel involved to be the Ocean Melody. LSEG ship-tracking data…
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