LOS ANGELES — Dozens of firefighters have been battling a blaze on a container ship docked at a Los Angeles port on Friday night time, in accordance with officers.
All the 23 crew members have been accounted for and there have been no accidents from {the electrical} hearth, which seems to have began beneath deck, in accordance with the Los Angeles Hearth Division. The ship’s cargo consists of hazardous supplies.
By about 7 p.m., the hearth had unfold to a number of ranges of the ship, in accordance with the hearth division, and later an explosion came about mid-deck. It was not instantly clear how the hearth began.
Greater than 100 firefighters have been combating the hearth on the Port of Los Angeles, in accordance with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The port is named the busiest in North America.
“LAFD Hazardous Supplies firms are monitoring air high quality as hearth suppression continues,” she mentioned.
The 1,102-foot-long (336-meter-long) vessel, the One Henry Hudson, is operated by One Ocean Specific, a transport firm headquartered in Singapore. Earlier than Los Angeles, the ship had most not too long ago been in Japan, stopping in Kobe, Nagoya and Tokyo. One Ocean Specific didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail from The Related Press requesting remark.
