Chinese fishing boats abandoned in Phuket catch fire

[webfact]

Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

By Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: Five Chinese-flagged commercial fishing boats left abandoned in Phuket more than 10 years ago caught fire while moored off Laem Nga Cape in Rassada, north of Phuket Town, yesterday (Mar 18).

Rassada firefighters were called to the scene at about 10am.

The boats damaged by the fire together were identified as the Yue Xia Yu 90023, and four boats named Zhanyuan Yu with the suffixes 829, 814, 815 and 811.

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/chinese-fishing-boats-abandoned-in-phuket-catch-fire-79388.php

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[bluesofa]

Grilled shrimp buffet?

[smedly]

spontaneous fishing boat combustion 

[stevenl]

10 years just waiting there? Should have been cleaned and sunk as artificial reefs a long time ago.

[Mavideol]

and it took 10 years for somebody to "do the right thing" well over due.....maybe the Chinese let them there so they could claim the extension of their imaginary 9 dash line to Thailand    555

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Grilled shrimp buffet?

After 10 years rather you than me.

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

more than 10 years ago caught fire while moored

[Isaan sailor]

Fully insured, no doubt.  Policy renewed just last week.

[RichardColeman]

Oh well, there goes the Myanmar migrant quarantine