Two Indian sailors dead in United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) coast

Two Indian sailors were killed and several others were reported missing after a Panamanian-flagged tanker caught fire off the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) coast, the government here announced. The UAE Federal Authority for Land and Maritime Transport said efforts were to trace the missing persons, whose nationalities were not known, the Khaleej Times reported on Friday. The Authority said the fire, which broke out onboard the tanker 21 miles off the UAE coast on Wednesday night, was quickly brought under control by firefighters. “Rescue and emergency response teams provided relief to the crew after they received a distress call and rescued the tanker’s crew,” the Authority said in a statement on Thursday. (IANS)

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