Firefighters stamp out tanker blaze in Hai Phong port city
Firefighters successfully stamped out the blaze of a tanker at Port K99 in in Hai An district, the northern port city of Hai Phong on early March 11 after eight hours of battling.
The blaze broke out at 4:30 pm on March 10 on Hai Ha 18 oil tanker which was carrying 900 cubic metres of A92 petrol (Photo VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – Firefighterssuccessfully stamped out the blaze of a tanker at Port K99 in in Hai Andistrict, the northern port city of Hai Phong on early March 11 after eighthours of battling.
According to the municipal People’s Committee,the fire broke out at 4:30 pm on March 10 on Hai Ha 18 oil tanker which wascarrying 900 cubic metres of A92 petrol.
When the incident happened, the tanker was pumpingpetrol ashore. However, a fuel pump was malfunctioned, so the process wasstopped for the ship to be pulled out of the wharf for repair. An explosionoccurred immediately after that, leading to fire.
Right after the incident,Minister of Public Security To Lam, Secretary of the municipal Party Committeeand Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Le Van Thanh, Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Tung, and Vice Chairmen of themunicipal People’s Committee Pham Van Ha and Nguyen Van Thanh, came to thescene to direct firefighting efforts.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ More than 400 firefighters and 15 fire truckswere sent to put the fire under control.
According to the initialinformation, no human losses have been reported so far and the tanker has beenremoved to a safe area. Prime Minister NguyenXuan Phuc also sent a dispatch to the National Committee on Incident, DisasterResponse and Search and Rescue, the Ministries of Public Security, NationalDefence, and Transport, and the People’s Committee of Hai Phong, requestingthem to work out all measures to prevent the blaze from spreading to otherareas and ensure absolute safety for nearby residents.-VNA
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The blaze broke out at 4:30 pm on March 10 on Hai Ha 18 oil tanker which was carrying 900 cubic metres of A92 petrol (Photo VNA) 
