Crew rescued after blast on tanker off Hong Kong

One person was killed and seven others were injured on Saturday in an explosion aboard an oil tanker in waters off Hong Kong, authorities reported.

The Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Coordination Center said the tanker was 300 kilometers east of Hong Kong when it caught fire as a result of an explosion.

The Government Flying Service sent a fixed-wing aircraft and two helicopters with doctors aboard to the Panama-registered Chuang Yi vessel to transport the injured to a hospital in the city.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. The casualties reportedly included crew members from Indonesia and Myanmar.