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Trawler offloading fuel explodes
Four Venezuelan seamen were badly burned on Sunday at Morawhanna, North West District following an explosion aboard a trawler.
The injured men were identified as Domingo Ruiz, Antonio Zabala, Gonzales Angol and Zaul Eli. They have been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. 
There are reports that the men were involved in an illegal fuel transaction when the mishap occurred.
Kaieteur News understands that three other crewmen were unhurt.
According to reports, the crewmen were in the engine room pumping fuel onto their trawler last Sunday morning when the pump began to malfunction. They were reportedly attempting to rectify the problem when an explosion occurred in the engine room.
The injured men were rushed to the Mabaruma Hospital before being transported by plane to Ogle around 17:00 hrs yesterday. Kaieteur News observed that three of the men had sustained burns to there faces, upper bodies and limbs.
Two ambulances then transported them to the GPHC.
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