Fire guts vessel in Semarang

Fire guts vessel in Semarang

SEMARANG: A wooden cargo vessel caught fire at around 8:30
a.m. while docked at Tanjung Emas Port in Semarang, Central Java,
on Tuesday. No casualties or injuries were reported however.

The fire on the KLM Cahaya Sulastri caused hundreds of
millions of rupiah in damage.

The vessel's captain, Samsul, said the problem started after
an electric lamp started a fire in the cabin of a crew member,
which then quickly spread.

Mansur, the vessel's owner, who hails from South Sulawesi, was
shocked by the accident.

He said the vessel was carrying 100 LPG containers and five
motorcycles, various beverages and foodstuffs, and thousands of
roofing sheets. It was scheduled to leave for Kalimantan on
Thursday night, he added.

Five fire trucks were struggling to extinguish the blaze. -- JP