18 Feb 2019, 9:00 AM
A 62-year-old man on a boat that caught fire en route from Malé to Vaanee in Dhaalu atoll died Monday morning.
Mohamed Ahmed, from the Kibidhooge house in Fuvahmulah, died after he was taken on a sea ambulance to the Faafu atoll hospital on Nilandhoo, police said.
According to media reports, he is believed to have died of suffocation or shock as there were no burns on his body.
The Maldives National Defence Force coastguard was alerted around 4:45am after the Ravaanaa boat caught fire near the Filitheyo resort in Faafu atoll.
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