Madrid: At least two people died and six went missing after a Portuguese fishing boat sank off the northern Spanish coast before dawn Monday, rescuers said.
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The boat ran aground on the island of Erbosa, half a nautical mile off Cape Penas in the northern region of Asturias, and was left semi-submerged, Xinhua quoted Spain's maritime rescue services as saying.
Only one of its nine crew members, a Spaniard, could be rescued by a nearby fishing boat. The nationalities of the other eight dead or missing are four Spaniards, two Indonesians and two Portuguese.
Two helicopters, five boats and a team of divers have been deployed to search for signs of the missing crew, a statement added.

Two people died and six are missing after a Portuguese fishing boat sinks off the northern Spanish coast

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Two people died and six are missing after a Portuguese fishing boat sinks off the northern Spanish coast

Two dead, six missing as boat sinks off Spain

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