CNN —Rescuers are searching for three British tourists who are missing after a fire erupted Sunday on the boat they were traveling on in the Egyptian Red Sea, according to state news outlet Al-Ahram. The tourist boat was carrying 27 people, including 15 English tourists, off the coast of the city of Marsa Alam, according to Al-Ahram. Twelve of the British tourists were rescued and the search for the remaining three is underway, according to Al-Ahram. The state outlet didn’t mention how the fire started. The incident comes just days after beaches were closed in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada, after a Russian man was killed in a shark attack.

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Organizations: CNN, UK’s Foreign Locations: Ahram, Marsa Alam, Al, Red, Hurghada, Russian