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Explosion kills one, injures four on Heung-A ship
One Burmese seafarer died and another four were injured when a fire led to an explosion on a Korean-registered ship off Penang in Malaysia last night.
A gas canister exploded onboard the Heung-A Pioneer. Paramedics were deployed to the scene, but one seafarer died straight away after the explosion.
“The captain of the ship revealed that the fire started from the middle of the ship’s deck which in turn caused the explosion,” a local official from Penang port said.