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Two ships collide off the coast of Malaysia.
Firefighters battle fire on the Liberian-registered tanker Formosaproduct Brick in the Strait of Malacca outside Port Dickson, 100 km (62 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur August 19, 2009. Image from ChinaDaily.com
An oil tanker collided with a bulk carrier in the Malacca Straits (South of Kuala Lumpur) causing both ships to catch fire. The crew of the bulk carrier was able to put their fire out while the oil tanker fire was a little larger as you can see in the photo above. The collision and subsequent fires occurred last night around 9:30pm (not sure what time zone though).
There are 9 members of the crew missing from the oil tanker Formosaproduct Brick. 16 other crew members were rescued. Read the entire story here.
