Turkish coast guard rescued all staff of a tanker ship, KAIROS, which caught fire on Friday in the Black Sea, the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs announced on social media platform X.
The directorate said the empty KAIROS tanker, en route to the port of Novoroski, Russia, caught fire due to an external factor 28 miles (45 kilometers) off Türkiye’s coast.
The Directorate General for Maritime Affairs previously said all 25 crew members on board are in good condition.
Separately, the directorate said a tanker, named VIRAT, was reported to have been experienced explosions approximately 35 nautical miles offshore in the Black Sea.
Rescue teams and a commercial vessel were dispatched to the ship, it said, adding that all 20 crew members on board are in good condition.
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