Three seafarers have died in an explosion on a tanker off Russia.
The chief officer and two colleagues were thrown into the sea by the blast on the 3,300-dwt Zaliv Amerika (built 1989) at Nakhodka on Saturday, Russian media reported.
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The vessel was in ballast at the time.
Preliminary reports indicated there was a flash fire that produced a blast inside its midsection.
