Subscribe to RSS feedMSC Jessica demolition fire kills six in India
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Rob McKay
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Aug 18, 2009 10:25 AM
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.
The labourers died after a blaze erupted as they were dismantling the 1980-built geared cargo ship's engine-room, according to Indian media reports.
The local fire brigade took more than five hours to bring the fire under control.
Authorities had yet...
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