Malpe, Mar 16,2017: A fisherman sustained critical injuries while seven others had a miraculous escape when the diesel tank of a Malpe origin fishing boat named Sri Guru exploded about 23 nautical miles off the Karwar coast on March 15, Wednesday morning.
The injured fisherman has been identified as Antony D’Costa (40). The purse-seine boat had eight fishermen on board. Antony was immediately rushed to a hospital in Karwar and later shifted to Udupi for higher treatment.
The loss due to the explosion has been estimated at Rs 20 lakhs.
Comments on this Article | |
Mohammed Adil, Karwar | Thu, March-16-2017, 12:51 |
Are the fisherman provided with safety before venturing into the sea ? The boat may under flames as he diesel tans explodes | |
Bhavani Rajesh Patel, Kudroli | Thu, March-16-2017, 12:49 |
Hope the inured are out of danger. pity them some accident so unexpected that it happens in a fraction of second | |
Sumeeth Shetty, mangaluru | Thu, March-16-2017, 12:35 |
Every profession has risk but timely maintenance is very important . Hope to person get well soon | |
Shivani Rao, Bengaluru | Thu, March-16-2017, 12:20 |
What may be the reason for explosion? |