21 Crewmen Rescued in Gulf of Mexico Ship Fire
NEW ORLEANS — A crew of 21 has been rescued from a 350-foot Honduran freighter that caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, Coast Guard officials said Tuesday. No one was injured in the fire, the cause of which had not been determined, officials said.
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