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No oil spills after Fajar Baru 8 caught fire: authority 9th March 2021
Motor Vessel KM Fajar Baru 8 caught fire on March 7, 2021. (Foto Antara Papua Barat / Ernes Broning Kakisina) Sorong, W Papua (ANTARA) - The Sorong port authority in West Papua Province confirmed on Tuesday that no resulting oil pollution at sea occurred after the Motor Vessel KM Fajar Baru 8 got engulfed in flames on March 7. We did not observe oil spills in the waters after the incident occurred at the Sorong traditional port, Head of the Sorong Port Authority Office Jece Julita Piris stated.
The port authority s investigators had summoned 11 crew members of the ferry, including the skipper, for questioning to identify the cause of the fire at the ship, Piris remarked.
Crews battle fierce boat fire at port in Indonesia Crews battled a fire on a passenger boat on Sunday evening (March 7) on a moored boat at Sorong city port in Indonesia s West Papua.
All passengers and crew were able to escape, according to Newsflare s filmer, a local journalist.
Video shows the entire boat, Kapal Motor Fajar Baru 8, in flames and firefighters tackling the blaze with hoses.
The fire is thought to have been started by discarded cigarette butts, the journalist said.
Interviewed on camera is Jece Julita Piris, head of Sorong s port authority and harbormaster office (KSOP). The fire began on the rear deck, she said.