A tugboat caught fire off Miyako Island in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture at about 8:15 a.m. Friday, five crew members were rescued on a life raft, but one remains missing.
According to Xinhua, a report from the Miyakojima Coast Guard Office said that the tugboat contained six Japanese crew members and that their condition was unknown as the fire broke out.
Xinhua later provided an update, saying that a coast guard aircraft spotted five of the six crew on a life raft and that none of them sustained life‑threatening injuries. Local media confirmed that the missing crew member was still being searched for.
