20151021 Bangladesh Tanker vessel on Chandpur’s Meghna River catches fire
Bangladesh Oct 21 2015 “Shipboard”
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Tanker vessel on Chandpur’s Meghna River catches fire
Updated: 2015-10-22-13:17
A tanker vessel was badly damaged after it caught fire on Wednesday at the Meghna River in Chandpur.
The crews of the vessel swam across to the shore at Jahajmara area after the vessel ‘OT Ocean Light’ caught fire around 9:30pm.
“The vessel’s engine room caught fire while it was heading to Chittagong from Dhaka. The crews swam to the shore,” said Chandpur River Police’s Sub-Inspector Mosharraf Hossain.
He said the vessel, which carries oil, was empty at the time of the fire.
Chandpur fire-service’s vessel and a river police team managed to put out the flames after three hours around 12:30am, said police officer Hossain.
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