Ship with 11 Indian passengers onboard catches fire

Muscat: Citizens manage to evacuate a crew onboard a ship that caught fire in the Sultanate of Oman's territorial waters, while it was en route to the Republic of Somalia.

The Royal Oman Police (ROP) said: “A boat caught fire in the Sultanate of Oman's territorial waters off the Hasik Niyabat coast in Dhofar Governorate. It was loaded with a group of goods and was heading to the Republic of Somalia. Its crew, consisting of 11 people of Indian nationality, was evacuated by citizens, all of whom were in good health, with one of them sustaining a minor injury, and being transported to receive the necessary treatment.