Significant casualties after fire on cargo ship in eastern China
BBC News reports that a fire broke out on a foreign-flagged cargo ship docked at a shipyard in Qingdao, eastern China, at 11:15 local time (03:15 GMT), according to state news agency Xinhua. The incident resulted in significant casualties, and President Xi Jinping has called for urgent search and rescue efforts along with a swift investigation.
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