Ship in Japanese port catches fire
According to JapanToday, six bodies, believed to be those of Russian crew members, were found aboard a cargo ship that caught fire while anchored in a Japanese port.
Image Credit: City Wakkanai
Fire took hold of the 497-ton Cambodian-registered freighter, Taigan, which has been in the port of Wakkanai in Hokkaid, said an official at the local coast guard office.
A total of 23 Russian and Ukrainian crew members were on the ship, which had transported crabs from a Sakhalin port. Six of them-all Russian-had been unaccounted for, the coast guard said.
Source: JapanToday