Fire on fishing boat with 8 aboard off Jeju Udo... 2 crew members rescued

On the morning of the 4th, a fire broke out on the Seogwipo-registered longline fishing vessel A (29 tons, 8 crew members) in the southeastern waters of Udo-myeon, Jeju City.
[Video capture provided by Jeju Coast Guard]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] A fire broke out on a fishing vessel carrying 8 people off the coast of Jeju, and the Coast Guard is conducting a search and rescue operation for the crew.

At around 3:18 a.m. on the 4th, the Seogwipo Coast Guard Station received a report that a fire had broken out on the Seogwipo-registered longline fishing vessel A (29 tons) 74 km southeast off Udo-myeon, Jeju City.

The vessel had 8 crew members on board (3 Koreans, 5 Vietnamese), of whom 2 Korean crew members escaped after the fire broke out and were rescued by a nearby fishing vessel. The remaining crew members have not been found, and the search is ongoing.

It is reported that the fire has now spread throughout the entire fishing vessel A.

The Coast Guard plans to enter the hull to search for the crew after extinguishing the fire. Coast Guard patrol ships, fishery guidance vessels, and private fishing boats have been deployed for the search and rescue operation.

A Coast Guard official stated, "We are currently conducting fire suppression and search operations simultaneously, considering all possibilities that the crew may still be inside the vessel or may have escaped into the sea."

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