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Fire on ship off Mumbai coast: Trainee electrical officer passes away

Updated on: 25 April,2019 07:40 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Suraj Ojha |

Tejo Charuvilayal is the second person to lose his life in the flash fire that broke out on the ship on April 13

Fire on ship off Mumbai coast: Trainee electrical officer passes away

Trainee electrical officer Tejo Charuvilayal

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The ship had 39 crewmembers on board, of whom chief engineer Prakash Patyal, 54, from Karnataka succumbed to his injuries on April 15. Subhash Ravthan, 31, the second engineer from Uttarakhand is still undergoing treatment at the hospital.

In their statement following the incident, the Shipping Corporation of India had said that the three crewmembers, who were hospitalised, were working in the Inert Gas Room when the flash fire broke out.

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