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| Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast | Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast |
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| The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued. | The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued. |
| The 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray, is listing heavily in the St. Simons Sound. Images from the scene show smoke raising up from its starboard side. | |
| The crew and salvage teams are trying to find a way to stabilize the vessel. | The crew and salvage teams are trying to find a way to stabilize the vessel. |
| The rescuers said that the fire made it too risky to go inside to look for four missing people. | |
| "Once they have stabilized the vessel, [they] will try to go in to get the four who remain on board," Capt. John Reed, commander of Coast Guard Sector Charleston, said. | |
| The ship capsized around 2 am local time after it had left the port of Brunswick. The cause of the incident is under investigation. | The ship capsized around 2 am local time after it had left the port of Brunswick. The cause of the incident is under investigation. |
| There were 23 crew members and one pilot on board | There were 23 crew members and one pilot on board |
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