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VLADIVOSTOK, Apr 21 Nineteen crew members of a Russian ship that caught fire off Ulsan, South Korea, were taken ashore, two more are helping to search for four sailors who disappeared as a result of the emergency, a spokesman said Rosmorrechflot Alexey Kravchenko.
The fire occurred on the Vladivostok ship Kaltan, owned by Dalrybprom LLC. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of South Korea, the Korean Navy is supporting the search and rescue operation.
«There were 25 people on board, four people continue to be searched. It is believed that they could remain on the ship to fight the fire. This is the senior assistant and three more crew members. Nineteen people were brought ashore, two people — the captain and the chief engineer — are participating in searching for the missing,» the source said.
According to him, two of the evacuees had minor burns, the rest were not injured.
Kravchenko clarified that information about the elimination of the fire on the ship has not yet been received.
He also added that the ship, after repairs in Busan, went towards the Sea of Okhotsk. In the Korea Strait, 37 miles east of the port of Busan, the captain gave an emergency signal. The crew tried to fight the fire on their own, but failed to extinguish it, then the captain gave the command to get on the life rafts, which descended 21 people, including him.
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