27 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Seven people were injured after a fuel boat caught fire at the harbour of the capital’s suburb island of Vilimalé on Tuesday night.
Eyewitnesses told the media that the fire broke out after a speedboat was about to take off after refuelling from the fuel boat. The fire was reported around 10:40pm, according to the Maldives National Defence Force. Six people were burned and an MNDF firefighter sustained head injuries. The fire also affected another vessel near the fuel boat but was quickly put out.
Four people were released after treatment at the Vilimalé hospital and three were transferred to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé. Their condition was stable, state media reported on Wednesday morning.
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