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Fire still raging on container vessel MV Amsterdam Bridge off Mumbai

Mumbai, Sep 10: Fire was still raging this morning on board MV Amsterdam Bridge, a container vessel registered in Antigua Barbuda. An Indian Coast Guard press release said, the fire was first reported at 5:15



The Coast Guard also requested DG Shipping to mobilize emergency towing vessel SCI Pawan which arrived at the scene last evening. 



Coast Guard ships Sankalp and Samrt also reached to scene to augment firefighting efforts to prevent it from spreading from the midship portion to other parts.  

Two Indian Navy vessels, two Mumbai Port Trust firefighting tugs and five ONGC tugs have also reached the scene to extinguish the fire. 

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