Tanker explodes
off Virginia coast
Search underway for crew members after vessel sinks 50 miles offshore
The Bow Mariner tanker, which was built in 1982, called in a mayday to the Coast Guard after 6:00 p.m. Saturday to report the explosion, reports CNN.
The Singapore-flagged vessel was in transit from New York to Houston with 24 Filipino and three Greek crew members when a fire broke out on the deck of the ship, causing the explosion.
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