Nine people died and one people is missing when a fishing boat was on fire off waters in Gunsan city of South Korea, the Yonhap News Agency reported on Saturday citing the relevant authorities. According to the police, the fire started at about 5:20 a.m. on the 20-ton fishing boat, 24 kilometers of Gunsan city in west South Korea, forcing 11 crew to plunge into freezing sea waters to avoid flames and smoke. Among the total of 20 boat members, 10 have been rescued but nine of them were pronounced dead later. The police are still searching for the missing one. "It seems that many of the people jumping into the sea died because of hypothermia caused by excessively low water temperature," a police officer was quoted as saying by Yonhap. The authorities have yet to identify the cause of the accident and whether the sailors were alive or dead. Saturday 9 March 2013 http://english.sina.com/world/2013/0308/569613.html
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