6 people rescued after fishing boat catches fire northeast of Taiwan

A Taiwanese captain and five Indonesian crew members were rescued from a fishing vessel that caught fire 180 nautical miles northeast of Taiwan Thursday morning, according to the National Rescue Command Center (NRCC).

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