The crew members of "Baroasaa", the ship which caught on fire yesterday, say that a member of crew is missing. The police report that they have received information about a crew member missing after yesterdays fire.
The Information Officer of MNDF informed Avas today that their were 19 crew members on board before the fire, and that their are 18 crew members now after the fire. MNDF is trying to locate the missing man, but the task is proving difficult because the fire has not yet been fully controlled.
The ship has been moved from the Thilafushi reef to the ocean because the fire is still burning inside the ship.
The missing man is a national of Bangladesh.
The boat was carrying 15 tons of fish from MIFCO on its way to Thailand when the ship caught on fire. The ship does not belong to MIFCO, but is owned by Marine Maldives Product
