Yeosu Coast Guard Urgently Transfers Two Burn Victims from Fire-Damaged Vessel

Two Crew Members Suffer Burns in Engine Room Fire
Yeosu Coast Guard Provides Emergency Response and Medical Evacuation

Yeosu Coast Guard (Chief Choi Kyunggeun) safely transported two burn victims with emergency treatment after a fire broke out in a ship's engine room.

According to the Yeosu Coast Guard on the 22nd, at around 9:58 a.m. that day, a report was received that two crew members working at the entrance of the engine room of anchovy fishing vessel A (39 tons, powered purse seine fishing vessel) suffered burns due to an engine room fire while operating 8.3 km northwest of Sangbaekdo, Yeosu.

On the morning of the 22nd, Yeosu Coast Guard safely transported two burn patients caused by a fire in the ship's engine room, providing emergency treatment. Photo by Yeosu Coast Guard

The Yeosu Coast Guard immediately dispatched two patrol vessels and urgently requested a doctor helicopter. They arrived at the accident vessel in about 30 minutes, provided emergency treatment to the burn victims, and then transported them.

B (73), who suffered burns to his entire face, was transferred to Geomundo Port and then urgently airlifted to the hospital by doctor helicopter. Another crew member, C (71), sustained only minor burns and received emergency treatment on site. It was reported that the lives of the crew members are not in danger.

The accident vessel experienced a fire of unknown cause in the engine room during net hauling operations. The fire was initially extinguished by the crew, but the engine could not be operated, so the vessel is being towed to the port by another ship.

The Yeosu Coast Guard plans to investigate the captain and crew to determine the exact cause of the accident.

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