Oil tanker fire in Hong Kong waters kills one
Xinhua |
Updated: 2019-01-08 14:18
Share
Share - WeChat
HONG KONG - At least one person was killed and three were missing as an oil tanker caught fire Tuesday off Hong Kong's Lamma Island.
The oil tanker, carrying 25 people, caught fire before noon in sea near the island, south of Hong Kong, said the police.
One person was killed and another injured in the blaze, the police told Xinhua.
- Continuous search and rescue underway in mudslide-hit Gyirong
- 7 dead, 554 missing after mudslide hits border port in China's Xizang
- Rescue teams push deeper into mudslide-hit Gyirong
- Repay Earth's bounty, retired US teacher urges youth
- APEC meeting sees consensus on cooperation
- Ex-Party chief of Hubei gets death sentence with a reprieve for bribery
