SEOUL – A fire on two oil tankers injured nine sailors at a South Korean port, the Yonhap news agency on Saturday said.
An explosion occurred on the Stolt Groenland, a 25,000-tonne, Cayman Island-flagged oil tanker, at the southern port of Ulsan around 10:50 a.m. (0150 GMT). There were 25 sailors aboard including Russians and Filipinos, it added.
The blaze spread to another unspecified oil tanker docked nearby.
All of the sailors on the Stolt Groenland and another 21 aboard the other ship were rescued. Nine sailors were wounded including one in critical condition, the report said, without specifying what ship they were on.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the incident and police have blocked traffic in the area in case of a further blast, it added.(Reuters)
