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Indian Navy warship sustains severe fire damage, sailor missing

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Indian Navy's multirole frigate, INS Brahmaputra, caught fire today and sustained heavy damages. The incident occurred while the ship was undergoing maintenance at the naval dockyard in Mumbai. The ship's crew and firefighters from the dockyard brought the blaze under control. However, the vessel began tilting to one side and could not be righted. Following the incident, all personnel aboard INS Brahmaputra have been accounted for, except for a missing junior sailor. A search operation to locate him is underway.