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KLANG: Efforts are still ongoing to put out a fire on a cargo vessel here that has been burning for over four days. The Singaporean-registered Interasia Catalyst was ordered back to port on Wednesday (April 7) after smoke was detected from several containers stacked on its deck. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Norazam Khamis said operations were still ongoing. As of 11am Sunday (April 11), firemen have put out fires in six of the 11 containers. Firemen are concentrating on two containers carrying raw materials for yarn and one carrying plastic resin, he said on Sunday. He said tugboats have been deployed to help cool some containers filled with sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate. ....
SHAH ALAM, April 11 Efforts are still ongoing to put out the fire on 11 industrial goods containers, which have been ablaze on a cargo vessel in the Pulau Carey waters since last Wednesday. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department deputy director Hafisham Mohd Noor said it received an emergency call. ....
KLANG: A container vessel sailing from Port Klang to Cochin in Kerala, India, was ordered to return to port after smoke was detected coming from several containers that were stacked on deck. The Malaysian Maritime Department said it had been informed of the mishap on board the Interasia Catalyst by the Central Region Maritime Department. A Fire and Rescue Department team as well as the Westport and Northport Fire Department have been deployed to the location of the incident. So far, reports state that 11 containers were involved in the fire on the ship, read the statement issued Saturday (April 10). Four tug boats with equipment to put out the fire, sent to the location of the incident, were administering cooling spray to the deck to give the Fire Department time to formulate a strategy to extinguish the fire, added the statement. ....