AP reported that the ship was drifting and on fire about 225 kilometers off the coast of Hodeidah, a port city in Yemen held by the country’s Houthi rebels.

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – A Hong Kong-flagged container ship caught fire in the Red Sea on Wednesday morning. The crew of the Hong Kong-flagged ASL Bauhinia have abandoned the container ship in the Red Sea after it caught fire on Tuesday, two maritime sources said, adding the cause of the incident was not immediately clear.

An explosion has struck a Hong Kong-flagged container ship traveling north through the Red Sea, sparking a major fire that forced its crew to abandon the vessel.