China News Service, August 31. According to "Central News Agency", on the 30th local time, Italian police and health officials stated that a ship carrying about 20 migrants caught fire and exploded off the coast of southern Italy, killing at least 3 people, 5 People were injured.

  According to reports, an official of the Italian authorities said that the ship exploded due to an engine fire, and two policemen were also injured while trying to drive the ship to safety.

  The local health department stated that at least two men and one woman were killed in the accident, and five immigrants were injured and sent to hospital, two of whom were seriously injured and were being rescued.