TimesLIVE reports that according to the SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa), a preliminary investigation was underway into what started a fire that claimed six lives at the Durban port last Thursday, with outcomes expected at the end of the week.
The Mozambican-registered vessel, berthed at the Transnet repair dock for scheduled maintenance, started burning in the early hours of Thursday morning. The blaze left six dead and three injured. Acting Samsa CEO Sobantu Tilayi indicated: "We need to determine the trigger of the fire but our difficulty is that it was so intense and it spread so quickly, that our sense is that something fuelled the fire. We need to establish what fuelled the fire." Tilayi added that Samsa was not in a position to estimate the cost of the damage to the vessel but that it would be a complete right-off. Meanwhile, Rescue Care said that the three people who were taken to hospital had sustained minor injuries.
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