Two of the nine missing Chinese seamen were found dead in the carbon of the tanker which caught fire after colliding with another ship near Malacca Straits, according to source from China's Embassy in Malaysia.

Photo taken on Aug. 21, 2009 shows the Liberian-registered tanker which collided with a cargo ship in the Strait of Malacca outside Port Dickson in Negri Sembilan of Malaysia. Rescue and search for nine Chinese seamen, who remained missing after a ship collision in the Malacca Straits on Tuesday night, was continuing. The teams proceed onto the tanker to look for the missing Chinese seamen on Friday. [Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung]

A group of twenty rescuers stepped aboard the tanker on Friday after continuously spraying water for almost two days onto the ship for cooling it down. So far, the rescuing work is still going on.

Malaysian police give a news conference in Port Dickson in Negri Sembilan, Malaysia, Aug. 21, 2009. [Xinhua Photo]

A naphtha-transporting tanker owned by a Taiwan company collided with a bulk carrier on Aug. 18 night near Port Dickson in the Malacca Straits and caught fire in seconds. There were 25 Chinese seamen on board and 16 of them escaped in life boats.

(Xinhua News Agency August 22, 2009)