TOKYO: Seven crew from Japan and Indonesia were missing Sunday after a Japanese tuna fishing boat caught fire in the Pacific, local media reported.
A coastguard plane spotted the No. 8 Kaisei-maru emitting orange flames and thick black smoke some 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of Kochi prefecture, national broadcaster NHK said.
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