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The INS Surat of the Indian Navy safely removed all 18 crew members from the Singapore-Jhande container ship on 9 June. Coordinated fire fighting efforts continued overnight after the sea phenomenon from the coast of Kerala, PTI said citing officials.
The ICG said, “Fire and explosion are ahead of the housing block from mid and ships to container bay. Forward, by Fire is now under control, although thick smoke is made. The vessel is listed from about 10-15 ° port. More containers reported overboard,” the ICG said.
India Coast Guard ships Samadra Prahari and Sachet are operating fire -fighting operations and border cooling. ICG ship capable, with Salveers being deployed from Kochi, said ICG, as reported by ANI.
The crew was removed at Mangalore port on Monday at 11.30 am. A defense spokesperson said that the Indian Coast Guard Ships and Samundra Prahari were engaged in fire efforts throughout the night.
The spokesperson said that a Coast Guard Dornier aircraft flew to conduct an aerial survey of the scene on Tuesday morning. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard vessel power is designed to go out, which takes a disposal master at the site of the incident.
Port workers described emotional scenes as injuries – some helped by fellow crew, in other stretchers, praying for gratitude, or eagerly questioned about their missing colleagues.
According to the Indian Navy, the vessel was carrying members of 22 crew members, including eight Chinese, six Taiwanese, five Myanmy and three Indonesian citizens. After the fire explosion and growth, the crew left the ship.
“18 crew members have been rescued, while four are missing. Currently a search and rescue operation is going on,” it said.
MV reported an internal container explosion and a resulting major fire ship. The incident occurred at a distance of about 44 nautical miles in the north -west of Azikkal, Kerala and Kochi at a distance of about 44 miles.
According to a release, preliminary reports suggest that 10–15 containers have fallen overboard. The vessel was given the route with the expected time of the arrival (ETA) from Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mumbai to Nhawa Sheva, on June 10.
(This is a developing story)
(With input from agencies)
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