Two dead, 11 rescued after fire onboard ship in Black Sea - Bangkok Post

A view of a vessel during a rescue operation following a fire outside Romania's territorial waters, in which two people died and others were rescued, in this screengrab obtained from a handout video released on Oct 5, 2026. (Screenshot) BUCHAREST - 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.

Romanian media reported the ship ​was Turkish and carrying grain. The incident occurred near an oil platform operated by Romanian ​energy ‌company OMV Petrom, media said.

The ship, flying under the flag of St ​Kitts & ⁠Nevis, was headed to Ravenna, Italy and was last in port ⁠at Izmail, Ukraine, according to website VesselFinder.com.

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) member Romania shares a 614-kilometre (382-mile) land border with Ukraine.

Since the Ukraine-Russia war ⁠started four years ago, it has seen ​Russian drones breaching its airspace as well as mines floating in the Black Sea across key trade and energy routes.