Fire at under-construction Navy warship, 1 dead
PTI, Jun 22, 2019, 12:50 PM IST
Mumbai: A major fire broke out at an under-construction warship of the Navy at Mazgaon Dockyard here Friday evening in which one person was killed, an official said.
“Under-construction warship ‘Visakhapatnam’ caught fire at 5.44 pm. The blaze erupted on the second deck of the ship,” chief of the city fire brigade P S Rahangdale had said earlier.
“Fire is confined to the second and third deck of the warship. Fire-fighting operation is underway along with Dockyard fire-fighters. Smoke has spread in the warship,” Rahangdale said.
A defence official said one person, who was trapped inside, was dead.
“Bajendra Kumar (23) was brought dead to the hospital,” the Chief Medical officer of state-run JJ hospital said.
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