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Posted: Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 4:52 AM HST
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Crew flees to life rafts after vessel catches fire
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HONOLULU (AP) — The Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley is due to arrive Tuesday morning to help rescue 28 crew members of a fishing vessel that caught fire 900 miles southwest of Honolulu.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the crew members abandoned ship and are in two life rafts.
A Coast Guard search aircraft located the rafts Monday after the Rescue Coordination Center in Taiwan reported the fire aboard the Taiwanese-flagged Hou Chun 11, which remains afloat.
That vessel's sister ship, Shin Shun, is also en route.
The Coast Guard says no injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire is unknown.
(Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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