Four people are missing after a fishing boat carrying eight
people caught fire early on Thursday off China's eastern coast, the
frontier defence authority said.
The boat, registered in the eastern Zhejiang Province, was
engulfed in flames at around 1:00 am at 28 degrees north and 121
degrees east, it said.
The eight fishermen on board abandoned the boat and fired
emergency flares.
Rescuers found four of them on a liferaft and sent them to the
nearest wharf in Shitang township of Wenling City at 7:00 am.
The search is continuing for the other four.
(Xinhua News Agency November 22, 2007)