SINGAPORE - An explosion rocked a Belize-registered ship in the final stages of repair at a Singapore dock, injuring 15 crew members and workers on board, officials said Monday.
On Sunday, a flash fire broke out in the 50-metre-long Rainbow Star, which had been berthed at Kreuz Shipbuilding & Engineering in Tuas Crescent for nearly three months.
A shipyard worker said he saw plumes of white and orange smoke after the explosion.
"I heard a very loud pong sound," the Chinese national told The Straits Times. "The whole boat was covered in smoke."
"Those on board started shouting, 'Run! Run!," he said, noting the smoke was pungent and stung.
All 15 of injured are foreigners.

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