Further cooling efforts onboard are ongoing
The fire onboard Bunga Alpinia has been contained and currently, further cooling efforts onboard are ongoing.
The Labuan Fire & Rescue Department will conduct an assessment of the vessel before authorising a search effort to be conducted onboard for the missing four crew members.
We confirm that the deceased is Malaysian, Shahril Azmi Bin Baharudin, a Greaser onboard Bunga Alpinia. MISC is providing all assistance possible to the families of the deceased and the four missing crew members.
In the meantime, MISC has mobilised industry experts to support the Malaysian authorities in ensuring the continued protection of the environment, vessel and community surrounding the area. MISC is also cooperating fully with the authorities in relation to the investigations.
Source: MISC Berhad