
Two people are missing after a ship fire off the coast of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Saturday morning, local maritime authorities said. The dredging vessel caught fire around 10 a.m. in sea waters about 5 km from a pier of a local power plant in the city of Beihai, Xinhua quoted the Beihai maritime rescue center as saying. Nine people who had been trapped on the vessel were rescued. Rescue work is ongoing for the two people who remain missing. The 60-meter-long vessel was loaded with several tonnes of diesel. An investigation into the cause of the fire is under way.
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