{"id":305,"date":"2025-06-22T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=305"},"modified":"2025-06-22T05:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T05:43:16","slug":"fire-guts-cargo-ship-at-apapa-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=305","title":{"rendered":"Fire guts cargo ship at Apapa Port"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A cargo ship, CHANG MIN, reportedly had some sections gutted by fire while anchored at one of the terminals in Apapa Port in Lagos on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, and sighted by The PUNCH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kizz Daniel - For You ft. 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Upon arrival at the scene, a cargo ship CHANG MIN laden with cargo, which included CNG trucks, wooden products, tyres, and other highly combustible products, was observed to have caught fire within section two of the cargo hold,\u201d the statement read in parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It highlighted preliminary investigations conducted by emergency responders at the scene revealed that the fire was observed at the point of unloading, and the cause is yet to be ascertained at the time of the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement emphasised that no life was lost and no injuries were sustained to anyone, as all seafarers on board have been accounted for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Cobra response team, alongside all other responders at the scene, undertook the following actions. Debrief from the crew on board to give more information to emergency response teams as to the instruction that the compartment be totally shut to eliminate oxygen supply, while initial dampening down was being conducted,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement stressed that a fire response plan was agreed upon by emergency responders on a method to combat the inferno in the safest possible way to eliminate secondary incidents, \u201cand also ensure the safety of all fire fighters, reopening of the cargo hold to enable fire teams engage the inferno, location of fire and the ship floor plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LASEMA statement also added that the fire has been totally extinguished and the recovery operation&nbsp;concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/fire-guts-cargo-ship-at-apapa-port\/\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cargo ship, CHANG MIN, reportedly had some sections gutted by fire while anchored at one of the terminals in Apapa Port in Lagos on Friday. 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