4 missing after fire breaks out on ship at Kerala coast; rescue ops on- video

KOCHI: At slightest 4 unit members are missing and 5 others injured aft a occurrence broke retired aboard a Singapore-flagged instrumentality vessel disconnected the seashore of Kerala connected Monday, a Defence PRO said.The incidental occurred connected the MV Wan Hai 503, which was initially reported to person suffered an explosion. However, officials aboriginal confirmed that it was an underdeck fire.The Maritime Operations Centre successful Mumbai reported the occurrence to its Kochi counterpart astir 10:30 am.The 270-metre-long vessel, with a draught of 12.5 metres, had departed from Colombo connected June 7 and was scheduled to get successful Mumbai connected June 10.

"On 09 Jun 25, astatine astir 1030 h, MOC (Koc) received an accusation from MOC (Mbi) astir a reported underdeck occurrence onboard MV Wan Hai 503.

The vas is simply a Singapore Flag Container ship, 270 m agelong and draught 12.5m with LPC Colombo. The vas departed Colombo connected 07 Jun 25 with NPC Mumbai, 10 Jun," the connection from the PRO read.He said that successful response, the Indian Navy diverted INS Surat, which had been scheduled to dock successful Kochi, to supply contiguous assistance.The vessel's people was altered astatine 11 americium pursuing instructions from the Western Naval Command.Additionally, preparations are nether mode to deploy a Navy Dornier craft from INS Garuda naval aerial presumption successful Kochi to measure conditions and negociate enactment operations.