8 Injured in Fire Aboard Scrapped Ship
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TAIPEI — Eight people were injured in a fire aboard a Greek tanker being dismantled in the southern Taiwan port of Kaohsiung, police said Friday.
They said the blaze on teh 19,597-ton Irini M.11 broke out Thursday afternoon and raged for more than three hours before it was controlled.
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