Rescuers will resume attempts to tow the burning vessel "Triumph" with missing fishermen

Rescuers will again try to tow the Triumph fishing vessel, where four people disappeared in a fire.

On September 27, the captain of the rescue ship "Suvorovets" decided to tow the "Triumph" to the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but due to heavy smoke the operation was postponed.

Rescuers are also continuing to search for four fishermen who went missing in the fire.

P.-KAMCHATSKY, September 28 - RIA Novosti. Rescuers will again try to tow the fishing vessel Triumph, where four people disappeared in a fire, the Marine Rescue Subcenter of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky told RIA Novosti.

As the MSPC previously informed, on the afternoon of September 27, the captain of the rescue vessel "Suvorovets" decided to tow the "Triumph" to the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but due to heavy smoke, the operation was postponed until Monday morning.

“Today, rescuers plan to moor to the Triumph, take it in tow and take it to the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky,” the MSPC said.

According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Kamchatka Territory, on the evening of September 25, a fishing vessel with 29 crew members on board caught fire in the Pacific Ocean east of Cape Khodzhelaika. 25 people were evacuated. Four were hospitalized, two of them in serious condition. Four more are still missing.

The search for the four fishermen who disappeared in the fire on the Triumph did not bring any results. According to the subcenter, the Suvorovets crew continues to inspect the water area. Throughout the search and rescue operation, passing vessels are involved in the search. The smoking ship is now seventy miles from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under an article on violation of traffic safety rules and operation of maritime transport.