Speedboat Fire 20 injured in speedboat fire in southern Thailand
Bangkok/UNI/Xinhua: Twenty people were injured when a speedboat caught on fire after an engine explosion in the Gulf of Thailand, local media reports said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred around 2:30 p.m. local time, shortly after the vessel departed from the southern Chumphon province for Koh Tao island, according to Thai newspaper Matichon.
A total of 18 passengers and two crew members have been rescued and sent to local hospitals.
Two of them were seriously wounded while the majority of others suffered mild injuries, it said.
Local rescue agency Chumphon Charity Welfare Foundation said on its Facebook page that an investigation into the fire has been initiated.
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