A crane was damaged after it went into flames while loading cargo to Merchant Vessel Yasa Falcon in the WQ-1 berth of Visakhapatnam port on Monday, Aug. 26. However, no casualties were reported.
An electrical short-circuit in the engine of the crane is suspected to have caused the fire, the officials said after the preliminary assessment.
The merchant vessel was immediately shifted to another berth.
A senior official of Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) said fire broke out in the crane, owned by...
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