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Singapore-flagged 2,200-TEUer spectacularly ablaze in Hong Kong
HONG KONG's Marine Department has maintained a no go zone around the Singapore-flagged 2,200-TEU Wan Hai 307 off Lamma Island, which suffered a spectacular fire with smoke coming from its weather deck a day after.
The ship is now anchored between Cheung Chau and Lamma islands and suspected to having hazardous cargo aboard. After several hours the fire was extinguished, but some containers were still smouldering.
Fire erupted in the forward holds, but the crew's efforts to quell the blaze failed and local salvage tugs were deployed to help put it out.
The crew has been evacuated as some local reports suggest some of the cargoes carried are toxic.
The 34,025-dwt Wan Hai 307 was built in 2002 by CSBC Keelung in Taiwan. The owner and operator is Wan Hai Lines. The vessel was en route from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong when fire broke out.
The ship is now anchored between Cheung Chau and Lamma islands and suspected to having hazardous cargo aboard. After several hours the fire was extinguished, but some containers were still smouldering.
Fire erupted in the forward holds, but the crew's efforts to quell the blaze failed and local salvage tugs were deployed to help put it out.
The crew has been evacuated as some local reports suggest some of the cargoes carried are toxic.
The 34,025-dwt Wan Hai 307 was built in 2002 by CSBC Keelung in Taiwan. The owner and operator is Wan Hai Lines. The vessel was en route from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong when fire broke out.
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