Subscribe to RSS feedMSC Jessica demolition fire kills six in India
A fire aboard the MSC Jessica, a frequent former visitor to Australian ports, has killed six demolition workers on the Indian ship-scrapping beaches of Alang.
MSC Jessica at Singapore while she was still in operation in November last year (Photo: Andrew Mackinnon)
The labourers died after a blaze erupted as they were dismantling the 1980-built geared cargoship's engine-room, according to Indian media reports.
The local fire brigade took more than five hours to bring the fire...
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