Newark ship fire expected to burn for several more days (msn.com)
Basically, it is a fire inside an iron box and you cannot let the fire water capsize ship and these
firefighters are untrained in ship fires so they are asking experts around the world for advice.
They are pouring water on the deck to keep it cool but no water is getting to the fire below.
They seem to be waiting for the fire to burn itself out. It will take days.
"Salvage and specifically shipboard firefighting, is an extremely complex operation and requires responders to consider long-term firefighting efforts, damage and destruction of the vessel, and the environmental impacts," Merchant said. "Which is why we have brought some of the world's top salvagers and marine experts here to this response."
Gordon Lorenson, a project manager for one of those salvage companies, Donjon Marine, echoed Merchant's concerns, saying in the news conference that "shipboard fires are very unique. Access is tough. The heat is extreme, it's a steel box. So it's a very complex situation."
Crews were also working on "de-watering" the vessel — a process that involves removing the water that is being pumped in to extinguish the blaze — in an effort to keep the ship stable.
"The vessel currently remains stable at this period in time," Lorenson said. "But our goal is always to get it to what we can an even keel."
Basically, it is a fire inside an iron box and you cannot let the fire water capsize ship and these
firefighters are untrained in ship fires so they are asking experts around the world for advice.
They are pouring water on the deck to keep it cool but no water is getting to the fire below.
They seem to be waiting for the fire to burn itself out. It will take days.
"Salvage and specifically shipboard firefighting, is an extremely complex operation and requires responders to consider long-term firefighting efforts, damage and destruction of the vessel, and the environmental impacts," Merchant said. "Which is why we have brought some of the world's top salvagers and marine experts here to this response."
Gordon Lorenson, a project manager for one of those salvage companies, Donjon Marine, echoed Merchant's concerns, saying in the news conference that "shipboard fires are very unique. Access is tough. The heat is extreme, it's a steel box. So it's a very complex situation."
Crews were also working on "de-watering" the vessel — a process that involves removing the water that is being pumped in to extinguish the blaze — in an effort to keep the ship stable.
"The vessel currently remains stable at this period in time," Lorenson said. "But our goal is always to get it to what we can an even keel."
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