'He shouldn't have been that close to the reef', a Samoan witness says after NZ Navy ship sinks off south coast.

“They’re all on land. They are safe and sound apart from just a few individuals that… have some minor injuries, and so we treated them at the site and transferred to them to the hospital.”

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      Wasn’t made safe, fuel on board, hot things falling onto burnny things. Arching, things breaking, wrapped sparky things becoming unwrapped.

      Looks like its coming from superstructure, so could be engine room fire venting out.