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One woman died and at least 15 other people were injured, after a fire erupted onboard a shuttle boat off Florida’s Gulf Coast, on Sunday. The vessel was en route on its way to the Sun Cruz Casino boat, when the Captain saw smoke coming form the engine room and turned the boat around.

The Iranian oil tanker 'Sanchi' sank in the East China Sea, causing one of the worst oil spills in decades, local media reported on Sunday. The ship had been burning for more than a week, following collision with a Chinese freighter on 6 January.

A part of the oil tanker 'Sanchi' that has been on fire for several days off Shanghai after collision with a Chinese freighter, exploded on Wednesday, further hampering the search and rescue and fire extinguishing operation, CNN reported citing Chinese authorities.

The 'Sanchi' oil tanker, that collided with a freighter in Chinese waters over the weekend, could burn for two weeks up to one month, potentially expelling its bunker fuel, or the heavy fuel oil that powers a ship’s engines and contaminating the waters, according to South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries.

Chinese authorities fear that the Iranian tanker 'Sanchi' is at risk of exploding, as it is still on fire, following collision with a Chinese freight ship on Saturday in the East China Sea. All of its 32 crew members were reported missing as a result from the accident, while one body has been found so far.

Thirty-two people are missing after an Iranian oil tanker collided with a Chinese freight ship and went ablaze in the East China Sea, on Sunday. The 'Sanchi' tanker, operated by Iran's top oil shipping firm, was sailing from Iran to South Korea, carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, when it collided with the 'CF Crystal', about 160nm off the coast near Shanghai.

Three offshore oil workers that worked during a fire on a Gulf of Mexico production platform, filed a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell and Enbridge, requesting $1 million for injuries they allegedly suffered during the fire.

Pilots Captain Michael G. McGee and Captain Michael C. Phillips, from Houston were recognized for their role in averting a tragedy in September 2016, when the tanker they were piloting broke down in the Houston Ship Channel in the middle of the night and burst into flames, after colliding with mooring dolphins.

NTSB issued a report on a fire on the upper deck of the passenger vessel 'Tahoe Queen' as it was alongside its home pier on Lake Tahoe undergoing maintenance repairs, in August 2016. As a result from the accident, two crewmembers suffered minor injuries and the vessel was declared a constructive total loss, valued at $4.8 million.

29 people were injured and at least 20 cars were damaged, during a fire that broke out on the passenger ferry 'Tariq-Ibn-Ziyad', which had started its route from Marseille and was heading to Algeria.