A harbour mobile crane engulfed in fire on Monday evening while loading cargo to vessel at WQ-1 berth at inner harbour of Visakhapatnam Port, reports The Hindu.
What happened?
A crane got damaged after it went into flames while loading cargo to Merchant Vessel MV Yasa Falcon in the WQ-1 berth of Visakhapatnam port on Monday.
However, no casualties were reported.
Preliminary assessment report
An electrical short-circuit in the engine of the crane is suspected to have caused the fire, the officials said after the preliminary assessment.
The merchant vessel was immediately shifted to another berth.
Fire tending operations
A senior official of Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) said fire broke out in the crane, owned by Seapol Port Private Limited, at around 5.15 p.m.
The VPT fire float, shore fire tenders and water tankers were rushed to the spot and the flames were brought under control within an hour.
Port operations hindered?
“Port operations were not hit due to the incident,” a VPT official said.
The third incident
This was the third fire accident to be reported from the city this month. Incidents were two cranes and an offshore support vessel Jaguar which was burnt in the outer harbour, killing three people and injuring many.
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Source: TheHindu
