The Indian coast guard deployed four ships from the burning Singapore to save the crew members, which the container ship is Van 503, the flag was flagged off, which was about 144 kilometers (90 miles) from the coast of Kerala in southern India.
The crew reported an explosion after a fire on Monday morning. The reason for the explosion of the residue is not clear.
Video footage captured from a coast protection aircraft showed large plums of black smoke from the vessel.
Covered members jump to avoid flames
The fire was reportedly spread to several containers, inspiring the crew to leave the ship and take him to life raft.
Shekhar Kurikez, secretary of the state’s disaster management authority, said, “According to preliminary information … there were 22 employees on the ship … 18 jumped into the sea and rescue in the boats. Efforts are on to save them.”
One of the rescued sailors is reported to face serious injuries.
Four crew members, one Taiwanese National, two Indonesian, and one from Myanmar are still untrust, with a search operation.
Edited by: Keran Burke
