Boat carrying petrol explodes, killing two and injuring three


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 31 Aug 2017

KOTA KINABALU: A cargo vessel carrying petrol exploded and caught fire while anchored off northern Pulau Banggi near Kudat late Wednesday, killing its skipper and a passenger and injuring three others, including the skipper’s 10-year-old son.

In the 7pm incident, skipper Jaafar Janidil, 61, and passenger Azmain Nawali, 45, were killed, said Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Sabah and Labuan) regional director First Admiral Mohd Zubil Mat Som.

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