Rosmorrechflot spokesman Alexei Kravchenko said that the 19 crew of the Kaltan vessel, which caught fire near Ulsan in South Korea, had been disembarked, with two more helping to search for the four sailors who went missing in an emergency. Kravchenko said about this DEA News.
“They could have stayed on board to fight the fire. This is the first assistant and three other crew members. 19 people were disembarked, two people – the captain and chief engineer – are involved in the search for the missing,” he said.
Kravchenko noted that two of the evacuees suffered minor burns, while the rest of the sailors were not injured.
At the same time, the press secretary of Rosmorrechflot stated that there is no news yet that the fire on the ship has been eliminated.
Earlier, the representative of the Far East Transport Attorney General’s Office stated that a ship caught fire near Ulsan, South Korea. is is Russian ship “Kaltan” from Vladivostok. He said the fire continued to die out.
Prior to this, the Yonhap agency reported that it was in South Korean waters. caught fire Russian fishing boat, four sailors missing.