Engine Room Fire Disables Container Ship

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Container ship suffered fire in engine room and was disabled shortly after leaving Los Angeles, reports Maritime Bulletin.

What happened?

Container ship suffered fire in engine room and was disabled at around 0900 UTC Apr 28, shortly after leaving Los Angeles, bound for San Francisco.

Rescue efforts

Fire was extinguished by crew, no injures reported. The ship went adrift soe 20 nm off Santa Barbara coast. Coast Guard responded and sent a ship to assist.

As of 0330 UTC Apr 29, the ship was moving towards Los Angeles at some 4.5 knots speed, understood on tow of two tugs.

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Source: Maritime Bulletin