Fremantle dockside reefer box fire breaks out, setting 11 boxes ablaze
2012 04 11
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FIREMEN have yet to determine the cause of a reefer container fire at the Port of Fremantle, south of Perth, Western Australia, which destroyed 11 boxes, most of them empties.
But one containers, which belongs to a hire and servicing company Container Refrigeration, contained oil, according to firemen.
Firemen also said limited access to the containers hampered efforts to control the blaze, which took several hours to extinguish, reported the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"A fire investigation officer is on the scene - it's not being treated as suspicious - but the cause of the fire in unknown at this stage," said a fire department spokesman.
A Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) spokeswoman told the Perth Sunday Times that stack of containers in the Rous Head Harbour on North Mole Drive, North Fremantle, caught fire about 4pm.
The Department of Environment and Conservation conducted air quality tests in the area yesterday saying the fumes posed no threat.
At 7pm, the fire is contained but not controlled. FESA says 13 fire crews with about 40 fire fighters are on the scene applying water to the sea containers to stop the fire spreading and flare-ups.
Source Shipping Gazette - Daily Shipping News
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