Dry Cargo Ship Catches Fire While Undergoing Maintenance At A Turkish Shipyard

A dry cargo vessel caught fire while undergoing maintenance at a local shipyard in Turkiye’s Istanbul province.

The incident happened around 15:00 local time when the fire started in the engine room of the vessel at a privately owned facility in Tuzia situated on the country’s Marmara Sea coast.

Shipyard workers immediately informed the authorities, and a fire and rescue team was dispatched to the scene within minutes.

Help also arrived from nearby districts.

Firefighters brought the blaze under control in an hour and extinguished it completely. Luckily, nobody was injured.

An investigation into the incident is currently underway.

The police have implemented security measures at the site and sealed off the nearby street to prevent vehicles from passing through it as a safety measure.

More details are awaited from local media regarding the name of the vessel and the cause of the incident.