<p>The three were confirmed dead while two persons were reported missing after tragedy struck the ship, ITB Jacksonville, near Apapa port in Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday.<br />Ten persons, all of them Indians, were rescued after the incident and taken to a hospital for emergency medical attention.<br /><br />"All the rescued persons were Indians. They were taken to a search and rescue hospital in Apapa port in Lagos," a spokesperson for the Nigerian Maritime Administration (NIMASA), Lami Tumaka, told PTI.<br /><br />Three bodies were later recovered but two are still missing.NIMASA is the body responsible for rescue operations on Nigeria's territorial waters.<br /><br />On the origin of the ship, Tumaka said the vessel was flying Liberian flag though the documents found on it said Panama, which made the origin difficult to ascertain.<br />Eyewitnesses said the ship's engine exploded and the vessel went ablaze as it approached Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos.<br /><br />The fire spread very fast but a search and rescue operation succeeded in rescuing some people, an eyewitness said.<br /><br />The accident occurred barely a day after another incident on an oil ship threw three workers off board with one person still missing.<br /><br />French company, Total Oil Company, for which the ship was operating in its field off Nigeria's coast, said the accident was caused when a crane collapsed on the drilling ship.</p>
<p>The three were confirmed dead while two persons were reported missing after tragedy struck the ship, ITB Jacksonville, near Apapa port in Nigerian city of Lagos on Sunday.<br />Ten persons, all of them Indians, were rescued after the incident and taken to a hospital for emergency medical attention.<br /><br />"All the rescued persons were Indians. They were taken to a search and rescue hospital in Apapa port in Lagos," a spokesperson for the Nigerian Maritime Administration (NIMASA), Lami Tumaka, told PTI.<br /><br />Three bodies were later recovered but two are still missing.NIMASA is the body responsible for rescue operations on Nigeria's territorial waters.<br /><br />On the origin of the ship, Tumaka said the vessel was flying Liberian flag though the documents found on it said Panama, which made the origin difficult to ascertain.<br />Eyewitnesses said the ship's engine exploded and the vessel went ablaze as it approached Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos.<br /><br />The fire spread very fast but a search and rescue operation succeeded in rescuing some people, an eyewitness said.<br /><br />The accident occurred barely a day after another incident on an oil ship threw three workers off board with one person still missing.<br /><br />French company, Total Oil Company, for which the ship was operating in its field off Nigeria's coast, said the accident was caused when a crane collapsed on the drilling ship.</p>