Six people have been injured after a pilot boat suffered an explosion next to a VLGC in Malaysia.

The Bernama news agency reported that CNPC company Kunlun Shipping's 78,462-cbm LPG vessel Gas Infinity (built 1997) was five miles of Pulai Sialu when the accident occurred on 13 December.

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Batu Pahat zone director Mohamad Othman said five MMEA personnel were sent to the site.