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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On 26 April, the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service responded to a fire aboard the Nord Houston, which was berthed at the port and carrying around 1,000 tonnes of scrap metal. According to the statement released by the fire and rescue service, a substantial response has been deployed, including five pumping appliances, two hydraulic aerial platforms and several specialist units. Firefighters are conducting external firefighting operations using multiple main jets and an aerial ladder platform, with fire service boats assisting in water safety support. RelatedNews Fire aboard berthed ferry injures crew member NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21371289_0_6a01e1a6d7d09 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371289","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"471,74","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone"
Fire erupts aboard ship carrying scrap metal at Newport Docks
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