Bucharest, Oct 5, 2026 (AFP) - Two dead after ship catches fire in Black Sea: Romanian govt

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Two crew members died and 11 were rescued after a fire broke out on a ship in the Black Sea which later sank, Romania's interior ministry announced Monday, without specifying what caused the blaze. "At around 11:00, Coast Guard border police officers were informed that a fire had broken out on board a commercial vessel located within Romania's exclusive economic zone, approximately 30 nautical miles south of Sfantu Gheorghe," it said in a stateme......

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