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Cargo vessel officer dies in fire

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CHENNAI: A Second Officer (Electrical) of a private cargo vessel, T. Babu Thomas (41), died due to suffocation caused by a fire in the ship a couple of days ago.

The body, handed over to relatives on Monday, was taken to Kozhikode.

Police said the vessel, Iswarya, started its journey from Colombo and was on its way to Chennai. While on sea, a fire broke out in the air-conditioner unit in the room of the 2nd Officer, Babu Thomas, on Saturday night. After the fire was put out, other members of the ship found Babu Thomas dead in the room.

The cargo vessel arrived at the Chennai sea port around 8 a.m. on Monday.

The body was taken to the Stanley Hospital, where a post-mortem was conducted, police added.

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