Fire Aboard the Cembay
The 89 meter long, 4477 dwt freighter Cembay had a fire on deck while unloading cargo at Chatham Docks, England. The fire was started by a broken fuel line of a generator being used to pump cement off the vessel. This spread to a fuel container on top of the deck of the Cembay. The crew initially attempted to put out the fire themselves, but it required thirty local firefighters to extinguish the blaze. The firefighters were able to isolate the fuel and douse the flames using a special foam. Damage to the vessel was not reported, but the Cembay left Chatham bound for Le Havre. No one was reported injured.
