Blazing Cargo Ship Rescued By Humberside Fire Crew

Off The East Coast of Norfolk, Humberside Fire Crew Had Been Flown Out to Rescue the Unfortunate Vessel

Fire

A mayday message was sent out at 5.20am when the crew of the vessel, which was about five miles off Cromer, Norfolk, came to know about fire break in the accommodation area. At the time when Humberside Fire and Rescue team flown out to the 3,250 tonne blazing cargo ship, the seven crew members were found on-board. During these past couple of weeks, vessels around the globe carrying sea cargo to India, U.K., U.S., and other countries have continuously been reported facing all sorts of unfortunate incidents.

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The spokesman of the fire department said that as soon as they received the mayday message, the immediately dispatched a team of six highly experienced firefighters who were flown out to the incident scene.

Ship on fire

Giving further details he added that “they set off at 6.43am this morning and headed for the helicopter base at Humberside Airport, at 8.15am, smoke was appearing from the vessel and the captain was in touch with us to say there is heavy smoke logging in the compartments. As of 9.20am, the team was airborne en route to the vessel.”

A tweet from deputy chief fire office at Humberside Fire and Rescue, Chris Blacksell, stated that “Officers in Control assisting and further @HumbersideFire firefighters going on standby to fly out to support 1^st team.”

Cargo ship

It is also said that two coastguard helicopters, two other ships and a lifeboat are there on the scene to help the victims and according to a UK Coastguard spokesperson the crew of the ship is still on-board and keeping the fire under control. But if the need of evacuating the ship arises, they have a lifeboat and a rescue helicopter hovering above as well. As per last reports no crew member sustained any sort of injuries. Cargotoindia.co.uk offers reliable port to port cargo from UK to India at cheap prices.