There was a serious fire on the “ONE Henry Hudson” in the port of Los Angeles, in which a large number of containers were damaged. No one was injured.
A container ship operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE) caught fire while anchored in the port of Los Angeles. Firefighters and Coast Guard personnel responded to fight the electrical fire. The incident occurred on Friday evening (local time) and the ship was moved to an anchorage about a nautical mile outside the harbor as part of the operation. On Saturday afternoon, the emergency services reported that they had contained the fire to one of the ship’s holds. The fire is now largely under control.
According to the latest information, no crew members or port workers were injured in the fire. According to initial reports, 15 crew members were evacuated, two remained on board and six were reported missing by the fire department. It was later reported that all 23 crew members were safe and that some of them had helped to move and anchor the ship outside the port.
More than 180 firefighters were on the scene at the time, and aircraft and drones were also used to determine the extent of the fire.
The container ship in question is the “ONE Henry Hudson” (8,212 TEU), which was built in 2009, flies the flag of Panama and arrived from Tokyo on November 19. At least 40 containers are said to have been affected by the fire. According to a statement from the fire department, an explosion occurred on board during the work, causing the fire to spread to other slots. In total, more than 100 containers may have been damaged.
Operations at the Yusen Container Terminal, where the ship was anchored, and at three other terminals in the port were temporarily suspended. Operations were resumed on Saturday.
