“The fire onboard Bunga Alpinia has been contained and currently, further cooling efforts onboard are ongoing,” MISC said in a statement.
MISC said bodies of two more seafarers were found on Friday and named Malaysian-national, Shahril Azmi Bin Baharudin, a greaser was the seafarer whose body was would on Thursday following the fire which happened while the 38,000 dwt chemical tanker was loading methanol. On Saturday the Malaysian Star reported that a fourth body had been located 6.5 nm from the stricken tanker. One remains missing.
“The Labuan Fire & Rescue Department will conduct an assessment of the vessel before authorising a search effort to be conducted onboard for the missing four crew members,” MISC said.
Local police believe a lightening strike may have caused the blasts and fire that wrecked the vessel. MISC said it was fully cooperating with the authorities in relation to investigations.
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