Taigan ship fire death toll rises to six
The bodies of two more crew members have been found in a room on the Cambodia-flagged cargo ship Taigan, which caught fire in the Japanese port of Wakkanai. This increased the incident death toll to six, all of them Russians, a Russia-24 TV channel reported.
There were a total of 23 crew members on board, including 19 Russian nationals and 4 Ukrainians.
The local firefighters team, including six vehicles and two boats of the Japan Coast Guard, has got the fire under but the ship took in too much water and took on a heavy list to port and will likely to sink.
The vessel caught on fire at about 2:00 am local time. Most of the crew members were able to get off the ship on their own. Three men have been taken to hospital, one poisoned by carbon monoxide, the others suffered minor burns.
The investigation into the incident is underway.
