Fire kills two RI crew

Fire kills two RI crew

BANGKOK (Reuter): Two crew members on the Indonesian-
registered MT Candra Dewi were killed in a fire on board the
methanol-loaded ship at the south eastern Thai industrial port of
Mabtapud.

Jirachai Naiwattanakul of Thai Tank Terminal Co. Ltd., which
coordinated Candra Dewi's liquid fuel unloading, said the
victims, Indonesian Rafiuddin Armus and Jerry Thamas Y.R., were
part of a 17-member crew which had finished unloading part of a
1,900-ton methanol cargo early on Saturday.

Other members of the all-Indonesian crew were safe.
Jirachai told reporters police were investigating the fire which
caused damage estimated at $4 million. He said the fire may have
been sparked by use of a torchlight near the highly inflammable
cargo.