1 Dead, 7 Injured in Explosion Aboard Taiwan-Bound Tanker Off Hong Kong

1 Dead, 7 Injured in Explosion Aboard Taiwan-Bound Tanker Off Hong Kong
A view of the Hong Kong skyline from Victoria Peak on Sept. 8, 2017. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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HONG KONG—One person was killed and seven others injured Saturday in an explosion aboard an oil tanker in waters off Hong Kong, authorities reported.

The Hong Kong Maritime Rescue Coordination Center said the tanker was 300 kilometers (186 miles) east of Hong Kong when it caught fire as a result of an explosion. The fire was extinguished, according to state-run Radio Television Hong Kong.