Blaze sinks floating dormitory

TAIWANESE rescuers in helicopters and dinghies saved 133 Chinese fishermen from a burning boat yesterday as a tropical storm whipped up high seas and gales, a coast guard official said.

One fisherman was missing.

Flames shot out of the vessel's engine room as rescue crews raced to pull the men out of the boat before it sank in the rough waters near the southern port of Kaohsiung.