BEIJING: China was still investigating on Friday (Sep 11) the cause of a fire on a foreign-flagged cargo ship which killed 25 people a day earlier, state media said.
The bulk carrier, moored in the eastern shipping port of Qingdao, had 42 people on board when the fire broke out on Thursday morning, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Seventeen of those were evacuated, including five who were injured, while another 25 people died in the blaze.
On Friday, CCTV said that investigators had yet to determine the exact cause of the fire.
Firefighter Hao Xiang, whose face was partly blackened from smoke, told CCTV that “inside the ship’s hold, it was…
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