Wednesday, 27. November 2002

Fire rages on Japan cargo ship


A fire is raging onboard a cargo ship carrying almost 4,000 cars and thousands of gallons of fuel oil off the coast of Japan. The Hual Europe, which has been stranded off Izu Oshima since running aground two months ago, caught fire on Monday. The cause of the fire is not known.

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