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4 Seychellois missing at sea after boat fire off remote island; authorities search for 2nd day

Four Seychellois remained missing at sea as search and rescue operations resumed for a second day Monday. 

The four men went missing after the boat they were on caught fire in the early hours of Sunday morning. A fifth man was rescued in the sea shortly after the blaze started on board the vessel Sea Horse, anchored 200 metres off Coëtivy Island.

Sea Horse – a cargo vessel of the Islands Development Company (IDC) – was carrying provisions including fuel for the Prison Services on the island….
Source: Seychelles News Agency