*****There were reports that a fire had broken out on deck prior to the explosion. There was only a single distress call from the vessel, just after the blast.
The large vessel foundered quickly.
Although Coast Guard aircraft were on the scene shortly after the call for assistance came, they found the ship already slipping below the surface.
Diesel fuel trailed from the stricken craft and rescue crews on the surface reported intense fumes from both the diesel fuel and the ethanol.
It was unclear how much of the volatile ethanol that was not vaporized in the blast or burned off by fires remained in the sunken ship. The Coast Guard was monitoring the environmental impact
*****Sounds like the ferry story in the Philippines doesn't it!!