The Faneromeni at Piraeus Port in Athens, Greece. The vessel caught fire on Wednesday night and one sailor died while another was injured. Courtesy: MarineTraffic.com
The Faneromeni at Piraeus Port in Athens, Greece. The vessel caught fire on Wednesday night and one sailor died while another was injured. Courtesy: MarineTraffic.com
The Faneromeni at Piraeus Port in Athens, Greece. The vessel caught fire on Wednesday night and one sailor died while another was injured. Courtesy: MarineTraffic.com
The Faneromeni at Piraeus Port in Athens, Greece. The vessel caught fire on Wednesday night and one sailor died while another was injured. Courtesy: MarineTraffic.com

Sailor dies in fire on-board vessel that left Abu Dhabi


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A sailor died and another was injured in a fire that broke out aboard a freighter that left Abu Dhabi last week.

The Greek-flagged bulk carrier, Faneromeni, was adrift in the Arabian Sea when the fire broke out on Tuesday night.

Of the 18 people on board, the vessel's second engineer, 55, from Greece, died, reported AFP.

The ship's third engineer, 26, will need to be taken to hospital after suffering smoke inhalation.

The blaze broke out in the engine room and has since been extinguished.

The ship was sailing without cargo. It left Abu Dhabi on August 12 and was due to arrive in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on August 31.

Greek state agency ANA said Indian authorities were handling the incident and had asked nearby ships to assist.

An Indian Coast Guard official told AFP they received a distress call from the cargo vessel and immediately alerted and diverted two merchant vessels for assistance.

"Indian coastguard is co-ordinating rescue and search operations," the official said.

As of Wednesday evening, the vessel appears to be off the coast of Oman and back in service, according to data from MarineTraffic.com.

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Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a  month before Reaching the Last Mile.

Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

 

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