PUBLISHED: 28 Apr 2024 at 11: 30
a fishing boat caught fire while refueling in the Andaman Sea early on Sunday morning, leading to the evacuation of nine crew members.
A Thai fishing vessel named Sri Thong Pae 7 caught fire while being refueled, and it sunk 15 nautical miles north of the Koh Surin territories, off Phang Nga, according to the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center Place 3 ( Thai- MECC Place 3 ).
The 67-tonne boat was accompanied by seven Myanmar citizens and two Thais.  , At about 4am, crew from another boat, Charn Udom Sombat 1, saw the flames and evacuated all onto their warships to get them offshore.  ,
Early on Sunday night, the fishing vessel Sri Thong Pae 7 sank and caught flames. ( Photo provided via Thai-MECC Region 3 )
The nine sailors were taken to a fish pier in Khura Buri district by the military’s weather and southern security command, where they were eventually taken to a speed boat.
Five members of the crew were hurt in the explosion. One of them, identified as Pairat Pala, a 54- year- ancient Thai website engineer, sustained severe burns.
The sunken boat’s captain believed that the flames might have been caused by motor pieces exposed to fuel oil vapours during the refueling process.