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Firefighters trapped on burning ship in New Jersey
by Conrad Hoyt, Overnight News Editor |
July 06, 2023 12:01 AM
Two firefighters are reportedly missing on a ship at Port Newark in New Jersey due to a fire where a mayday was called.
Video released on social media shows a fire blazing at the back of the ship, with smoke billowing into the air and police radio chatter in the background.
"One of the firefighters had his legs stuck, and crews were attempting to remove him from Port at End of Suez street. Crews search for multiple firefighters continues, tweeted FreedomNewsTV's Oliya Scootercaster.
The fire started at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to CBS News, which added that it learned the fire had dissipated but a rescue of the firefighters remained.
This is a breaking news story. Check back here for updates.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/firefighters-trapped-burning-ship-new-jersey
More sauce:
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/port-newark-ship-fire-firefighters/
https://www.firehouse.com/operations-training/video/53065298/newark-nj-firefighters-reported-missing-during-port-of-newark-ship-fire-2
Marsh Street location in articles and presence of two fireboats has me conclude vessel on fire is GRANDE COSTA D'AVORIO
Ro-Ro/Container Carrier GRANDE COSTA D'AVORIO is currently located at USEC - US East Coast at position 40° 41' 33.6" N, 074° 08' 20.4" W as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2023-07-06 01:45 LT (UTC -4) (3 minutes ago)
GRANDE COSTA D'AVORIO (IMO: 9465382) is a Ro-Ro/Container Carrier that was built in 2011 (12 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Italy.
Her carrying capacity is 47232 Gross Tonnage and her current draught is reported to be 7.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 210.92 meters and her width is 36 meters.