Cruise ship on fire

According to initial information from Cat Hai district authorities, at around 5:00 p.m. on August 2, while anchored in the waters of Phu Long commune, a wooden tourist boat with license plate number QN-6259 from Quang Ninh province caught fire.

A wooden tourist boat caught fire while anchored in Cat Ba, Hai Phong City (Photo: Contributor).

Upon receiving the news of the ship fire, the authorities of Hai Phong City, Cat Hai District and Phu Long Commune dispatched forces and means, including: Fire prevention and fighting police, border guards, commune militia, passenger ferry at Got-Cai Vieng ferry terminal, firefighting and rescue ship Hai Phong 01... to participate in fighting the fire.

Wooden tourist boat with license plate number QN-6259 caught fire on the afternoon of August 2 (Photo: Contributor).

Hai Phong City authorities organized forces and vehicles to quickly extinguish the fire (Photo: Contributor).

By around 6 p.m. the same day, the fire was basically extinguished. When the fire broke out, there were 6 crew members on board, all of whom were safely taken to the Phu Long Commune People's Committee headquarters. Currently, the authorities of Hai Phong City and Cat Hai District are urgently dealing with the consequences and verifying and investigating the cause of the fire.

Source: https://www.nguoiduatin.vn/hai-phong-tau-du-lich-boc-chay-a620039.html