Tug PAITON while towing barge with coal caught fire in the morning Jul 3 in Musi river, Bangka Strait, Indonesia, while en route from Palembang Sumatra to Indramayu, West Java. All 10 crew were rescued, 4 of them were hospitalized with burns. Firefighters were trying to extinguish fire, results unknown. No information on barge.
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