Jacksonville firefighters injured battling car carrier blaze

Smoke continued to billow from the Höegh Xiamen Friday afternoon, 24 hours after a fire was reported aboard the vehicle carrier at JAXPORT.

Höegh Autoliners said the fire broke out about 4 p.m. Thursday on the seventh deck of the vessel shortly after loading operations at Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, were completed.   

Water being sprayed onto the ship could be seen from across a marsh. (Photo: Kim Link-Wills/FreightWaves)

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) tweeted that...

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