Two dead after fire sinks Turkish vessel in Black Sea; 11 crew rescued

Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania’s territorial waters, Romanian authorities said on Monday, as Ukraine blamed Russian drones for the incident. Romania’s interior ministry said 11 crew members of the ship which sank had been rescued. The country’s Naval Authority said the […]

Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters, Romanian authorities said, as Ukraine blamed Russian drones.

Two crew members died and 11 were rescued after a freighter caught fire and sank in the Black Sea on Monday, Romania’s Interior Ministry said. The Romanian Naval Authority identified the vessel as the Royad Mammadov, while local media described it as a Turkish cargo ship. The cause of the fire was not disclosed. Romania’s […] The post 2 dead after freighter catches fire, sinks in Black Sea appeared first on Turkish Minute.

Bucharest: Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people have died after a fire on a commercial vessel which later sank in the Black Sea. Eleven crew members were rescued.Romania's Coast Guard was alerted at around 11 am local time, the Interior Ministry said. The vessel was in Romania's exclusive economic zone, about 55 kilometres south of Sfantul Gheorghe in Tulcea County.The ministry did not identify the cause of the fire.A Turkish commercial vessel, Royad Mammadov, sank in the Black Sea after being struck by a drone.Romanian authorities said 11 crew members were rescued and two were killed. The vessel was about 30 nautical miles south of Sfântu Gheorghe, inside Romania’s exclusive economic… pic.twitter.com/MD0ZhJWGv0— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 5, 2026 Saudi Arabia Cuts November Oil Prices For Asia To Six-Year Low Amid Record Freight Costs Romanian news channels reported that the ship was a Turkish vessel carrying grain and had been struck by a drone southeast of a Black Sea oil platform. Authorities did not confirm those reports.“Eleven crew members have been rescued. Two deceased individuals have also been located,” the ministry said, adding that a helicopter had airlifted injured people using a winch so they could receive emergency medical care. (Except for the headline, this article has not been edited by FPJ's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people had died and others had been rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters.Romania's interior ministry said 11 crew members of the ship, which it described as sinking, had been rescued. The country's Naval Authority said the incident involved a fire on the ship Royad Mammadov.The authorities did not give details on the cause of the fire, and a spokesperson for the Romanian Naval Authority said she could not provide more information.

Oct 5 (Reuters) - Two people died and others were rescued after a fire on a ship in the Black Sea outside Romania's territorial waters, Romanian authorities said on Monday, as Ukraine blamed Russian drones for the incident.Romania's interior ministry said 11 crew members of the ship which sank had been rescued. The country's Naval Authority said the incident involved a fire on the ship Royad Mammadov.

Romanian authorities did not specify what caused the fire aboard the commercial vessel in the Black Sea. Asked whether the ship may have been hit by a drone, Romania’s defence ministry did not respond to AFP.