At least 11 people die after Explosion on cargo ships

Off the coast of the Crimea is on two cargo fire ships broke out. Of the 31 members of the crew, at least eleven people are killed, up to eight more are still missing. The fire broke out, as one of the ships fuel to the other is initiated. the

in The fire of two cargo ships off the southern coast of the Crimean Peninsula have been killed, according to Russian authorities information presumably seafarers. The fire was believed to have been due to an Explosion triggered, shared with the Maritime administration. Both ships sail to the information under the flag of Tanzania, one of them a guest anchor.

Eleven bodies have been recovered according to the Russian Maritime authority. Three other crew members had gone overboard and probably drowned. Twelve sailors were rescued. Five more were still missing, said a spokesman authorities. The search for them is continuing. The city of Kerch prepare a recording of the victims. Together 31 Sailors from India and Turkey on the ships would have been. They suffered part of fire injuries, and sometimes cooling. The rest of the ship's journey was not at risk, it said.

The accident had occurred off the South coast of the Crimean Peninsula - at the entrance to the Strait of Kerch. Russia has annexed the Ukrainian Peninsula in 2014. Therefore, the situation is tense in this part of the Black sea. Russian border guards had fired in November, three Ukrainian Navy vessels and crew for alleged violation of the frontier arrested.

the Kerch Strait will have to wait ships for weeks, on the journey to the sea of Azov. The Ukraine complains that ships, the wanted, calling at Ukrainian ports, would be harassed by the Russian authorities.