VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A Russian trawler caught fire off the FarEastern island of Sakhalin today, provoking fears that its large fuelreserves could explode and pollute a vast area, a disaster reliefofficial said.
The 56-member crew of the fishing boat, the Kaskad-103, wasevacuated from the ship, said Dmitry Ryabchenko, an official at therescue center in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok. The shipwas en route to Sakhalin from the South Korean port of Pusan.
It was impossible to approach the blazing ship to put out theflames and emergency workers were waiting for the fire to abate,Ryabchenko said.
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