Six crew members from a cargo ship that erupted in explosions and fires in the Indian Ocean were taken to a hospital in the southern Indian city of Mangalaru on Monday (June 9).

The Singapore-flagged WAN HAI 503 had been en route from Colombo in Sri Lanka to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, local reports said, adding that the ship caught fire around 80 nautical miles (148 km, 92 miles) off the coast of the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Video released by the Indian Coast Guard showed their vessels extinguishing fires on the cargo ship.

The six crew members taken to hospital were three Chinese nationals, two from Myanmar and one Indonesian, a doctor at the medical facility said.

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MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA (JUNE 9, 2025) (ANI - No use India) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF AMBULANCE DRIVING OUT OF NEW MANGALURU PORT AUTHORITY PREMISES

2. EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL, SIGN READING (English): "A.J. HOSPITAL & RESEARCH CENTRE / EMERGENCY"

3. HOSPITAL STAFF WHEELING CREW MEMBER OUT OF AMBULANCE INTO HOSPITAL ON STRETCHER

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DOCTOR OF A.J. HOSPITAL WHERE INJURED CREW MEMBERS ARE BEING TREATED, DINESH KADAM, SAYING:

"We have received six patients, all of them are having burns. Three of them are Chinese nationals, and two are from Burma (Myanmar), and one is from Indonesia. Out of six, two are critically injured, about 35 to 40 percent burns are there on their face and rest of the bodies, and mainly they have airway burns, that is respiratory burns, which is much more severe. They have breathing problems. So, we have to monitor closely over a period of a few days and see how they do, but right now, we are giving all the attention and critical care management including wounds."

AT SEA (JUNE 10, 2025) (INDIAN COAST GUARD HANDOUT - No use India / No resale / No archive / Must on-screen courtesy "Indian Coast Guard")

6. INDIAN COAST GUARD VESSELS EXTINGUISHING FIRE ON SINGAPORE-FLAGGED SHIP