It also said that no electric cars nor hazardous cargo is on board, no fuel spills have been detected, and the stability of the ship was not been compromised. Grimaldi Deep Sea said in a statement that the crew immediately activated on-board fire suppression procedures and the local firefighting service was alerted, triggering a prompt response that was crucial to containing and controlling the blaze. Brooks died early Thursday morning after he was recovered. Rescue workers rescued Acabou from the ship before midnight and he was later taken a hospital, where he died Thursday morning. About an hour later, there was a mayday call when two firefighters became trapped inside the ship. It was carrying more than 1,200 new and used cars, vans and trucks.
Marine traffic trackers show the ship, which was was built in 2011, had arrived from the Port of Baltimore several days earlier. The vessel listed slightly to its right but was stable, according to Tom Wiker, president of Gallagher Marine Systems, which was representing the ship’s owner, the Grimaldi Group. So it’s a very complex situation,” said Gordon Lorenson of Donjon Marine, a salvage company assisting with the fire.įire crews have to pour enough water onto the vessel to douse the flames but too much could cause the ship to tilt, he said, so they then pump it off the ship.
Flames occasionally flared from top level.Ĭrews described the difficulty controlling the blaze. Zeita Merchant, the captain of the Port of New York and New Jersey.Ī crew of 20 firefighters, salvage workers and a New York fire boat blasted jets of water onto the ship to contain the intense heat, which officials have said burned on the 10th through 12th levels at the rear of the ship. What caused the fire aboard the Grande Costa d’Avorio, an Italian-flagged vessel carrying cars and other goods, at port in Newark won’t be known until an investigation after the fire is out, according to Coast Guard Capt. (AP) - A cargo ship docked at the East Coast’s biggest port smoldered for a third day and will likely burn for several more after the fire claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters, officials said Friday, acknowledging that they’ll be discussing how first responders are trained.
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