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An explosion occurred on the front deck of the Maersk Frankfurt ship on Friday.
No casualties reported on merchant ships
The Indian Coast Guard said on Saturday that three of its ships were battling a fire on a cargo ship in the Arabian Sea after receiving a distress call a day ago.
On Friday, the cargo ship MV Maersk Frankfurt reported an explosion on its forward deck 12 kilometers south of Kawar while en route from the Indian state of Gujarat to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
no casualties
“The Sujeet, Sachet and Samrat vessels have been fighting the fire for more than 12 hours and stopping the spread of the fire,” the Indian Coast Guard said in a statement posted on social media platform X on Saturday. The company posted images showing the fire-fighting efforts. and videos. No casualties were reported on the merchant ship.
The Indian Coast Guard said a Dornier aircraft was conducting an aerial assessment and another aircraft was in position for search and rescue operations. Another ship has also been dispatched from Mumbai and may join the rescue operation by Sunday, the coast guard said.
On Saturday morning, ICG said on its Nautical miles. ICG's Dornier aircraft is conducting aerial assessment and an aircraft from Kochi is responsible for search and rescue operations.
“ETV Water Lily left #Mumbai on July 19 and arrived on site on July 21,” it added. The commercial vessel, which was reportedly carrying “International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) cargo”, was en route from Mundra to Colombo when its forward section exploded, the ICG said on Friday. The Indian Navy on Wednesday rescued nine crew members and recovered a body from the Comoros-flagged MV Prestige Falcon oil tanker that capsized off the coast of Oman earlier this week.
