Jan. 22 (UPI) -- The number of crew members killed when two cargo ships exploded into flames in the Black Sea rose to 14 on Tuesday as officials called off rescue operations saying no more survivors would be found.
"As of 6 a.m., the status of the operation has been reclassified to search from rescue because there is no hope to find survivors," a spokesperson for the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport told Tass as the fire was still blazing.