One crew member killed, five injured in ship fire in Malaysia

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Kuala Lumpur, Rajab 12, 1437, Apr 19, 2016, SPA -- One crew member was killed and five others were injured when a Panamanian-registered cargo ship caught fire in northern Malaysia, dpa cited a port official as saying Tuesday. The accident occurred late Monday while tanker Heung-A Pioneer caught fire off Sungai Petani in the state of Kedah, about 300 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur. The fatality was a Myanmar national, according to Penang port chief executive Rosihan Adi Baharuddin. "The injured are being treated at a hospital in Penang and all of them are in stable condition," Rosihan said. The vessel came from Daesan port in South Korea. --SPA 10:47 LOCAL TIME 07:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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