ANKARA Indian Navy launched a rescue operation after explosions and fires erupted on a cargo ship bound for the country's financial capital Mumbai on Monday, officials and local media reported. The explosion caused some 40 containers to fall into the Arabian Sea, and forced several crew members to jump overboard to escape the fire, local broadcaster NDTV reported, citing a Defense Ministry spokesperson. The Singapore-flagged WAN HAI 503 met with an accident about 144 kilometers (90 miles) off

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