TEHRAN -- Iran's rescue and firefighting vessels have rescued 22 crew members from a foreign ship that caught fire near the southern Iranian port city of Assaluyeh in Bushehr province, Iran's IRIB news agency reported Friday.
The fire started around 3:30 PM local time (1200 GMT) on Thursday in the engine room of the Panama-flagged tanker named White Pearl, the report said. (Iran-Tanker-Fire-Rescue)
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