On July 31, a fire alarm was raised by an offshore dive support vessel.
What happened?
The support vessel ‘Nor Da Vinci’ reportedly raised a mayday signal after encountering a fire in the engine room.
The ship was five nautical miles east of the Tyne piers after leaving Blyth harbour when the incident occurred.
Mayday response:
After the mayday call was raised by the Captain, Tynemouth RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat was launched and the windfarm support boat Iceni Spirit also rushed to the scene.
Tynemouth RNLI spokesman Adrian Don said: “Our volunteer crew members responded to the alert as fast as possible, not knowing how bad the situation was. This could have been a major incident with the crew of the Nor Da Vinci potentially having to abandon ship but thankfully they brought the fire under control quickly with no harm coming to anyone. The lifeboat stood by in case the fire restarted or any of the ship’s crew were injured during the firefighting and investigations of the cause.”
Fire put out:
Though assistance was dispatched, the crew members had already put out the fire while only smoke was billowing from a pipe.
Two out of seven engines were isolated due to the fire and the ship was able to establish control. However, the Captain has made decision to anchor the anchor the vessel for further inspection.
Crew safe:
All the 23 crew members including the Captain have been reported to be safe and sound and did not require medical assistance.
An investigation has been launched into the fire incident onboard the vessel’s engine room.
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Source: News Guardian
