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Three missing as tanker ship catches fire off West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

A tanker ship operated by Indonesia’s state-owned oil firm PT Pertamina caught fire off the coast of West Nusa Tenggara province on Sunday. There were 17 people on board, and 14 have been rescued, but three remain missing. The accident occurred just off the coast of the firm’s oil storage located in Mataram city of the province. Wahyu Efendi, head of the provincial search and rescue office, said that they received the information about the accident at 3:40 p.m. local time and they will resume searching for the missing people on Monday.

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