Two cargo ships are advised to Russian authorities information in front of the Kerch Strait by an Explosion in a fire. Probably 14 people will be killed, it said. The fire had wreaked havoc in the Kerch Strait on two tankers under the Tanzanian flag, said a spokesman for the Russian authority for vessel traffic on Monday, the AFP news Agency.
so Far, 14 people had been rescued. The city of Kerch prepare a recording of the victims.
31 sailors had to into the water rescue, informed the Maritime administration of the Agency Interfax according to. Both ships sailed under the flag of Tanzania, one of them a guest anchor. The sailors came to the data from Turkey and from India. Seven other ships rushed to help.
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. (dpa,AFP)
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