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Fire on a training ship The fire took place at Nikolayev on a training ship of the Kiev State Academy of Water Transport NTS-313.As the press service of Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine State University in Mykolayiv region, due to fire dead 56-year-old boatswain.The fire began in the sauna room of this ship.The area of the fire was 20 square meters. Believe in the MOE, the cause of the fire arose from the violation of fire safety heat generating equipment.Source: Safety4Sea

One killed and two more injured The information of the Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company was added (the first version was posted at 05:06)Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 15 /Trend I.Huseynov/One person died and two injured during the strong fire occurred on a board of "Shirvan" cargo ship docked in the water area of Baku, a law enforcement source told Trend.The Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration said that the bow of the ship "Shirvan" at the Ilham Allahverdiyev shipyard burst into flame on February 14 at 19:00.The fire brigades of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguished the fire at 23:00. As a result of the incident, three people were injured.Despite the rendered medical aid decorator Garayev Raqif died at the hospital. Chief engineer Mirzoyev Shair and electric welder Garayev Yurka were placed at hospital.At present, specialists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Azerbaijan State Maritime Administration and prosecutors conduct investigation to determine the causes of the incident.The Azerbaijan State Caspian Shipping Company said that at present, a committee consisting of the heads of the organization and shipping specialists, who investigate the cause of the incident, has been established.Another victim of the fire was delivered to the Clinical Medical Centre."We received only ...

Fire broke out aboard the In the morning of Jan 23, 2011, a fire broke out aboard the "Haci Koksal Mataraci" underway from Tarragona to Fos, 25 miles north of Menorca.While the fire could be tackled by the crew, the 1st officer had to be medevaced by helicopter and was taken to a hospital at Santa Caterina, Girona.Also other members of the mainly Turkish crew of 15 were injured, but had to wait as winds up to 74 miles and 6 m wave height hampered the rescue operation. The tugs "Punta Mayor" and "Red Cougar" at 12.40 a.m. arrived from Tarragona and towed the vessel to a sheltered area.Source: VesselTracker