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The fire was brough under control after six hours.
New Delhi:
A fire fighting team from an Indian Navy warship extinguished a massive fire onboard a merchant ship on Saturday night after the vessel was struck by a missile in the Gulf of Aden.
INS Visakhapatnam responded to a SOS call from merchant vessel Marlin Launda after it was targeted by missile on Saturday. The oil tanker has 22 Indians and one Bangladeshi national on board.
Fire onboard MV #MarlinLuanda brought under control
Based on request from Master of the MV, the fire fighting team from #INSVisakhapatnam comprising 10 Indian Naval personnel with specialist fire fighting equipment embarked the vessel in early hours of #27Jan 24.
After six… https://t.co/d5yxgWI42Ypic.twitter.com/RsLPKOpXTU— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 27, 2024
The strike comes as Yemen’s Houthi rebels are increasingly attacking merchant vessels in the Red Sea amid the raging Israel-Hamas conflict.
In a statement, the Indian Navy said that a team of 10 firefighters brought the fire under control after six hours.
“Fire onboard MV #MarlinLuanda brought under control. After six hours of battling the fire along with the crew of the MV, the fire fighting team has successfully brought the fire under control. The team is currently monitoring the situation to rule out any possibility of reignition,” the Navy said, adding that a US and French warship also responded to the vessel’s distress call.
