NEW DELHI – Indian research ship Sagar Sampada caught fire late Friday offMangalore.
The research vessel was carrying 30 crew and 16 scientists and soon afterthe fire broke out, two ships of Indian Coast Guard, Sujay and Vikramhelped extinguish the fire.
Amid the rescue operation, Indian Coast Guard confirmed that the crew andscientists were safe and the vessel was being escorted to New Mangaloreharbour.link[image: View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link
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During late hrs on 15 Mar 19, #SCIlink Research Vessel Sagar Sampadareported fire onboard at sea @IndiaCoastGuardlink Ships Sujay & Vikram engaged in firefighting ops. Safety of 36 crew & 16 scientist onboard ascertained. Vesselbeing escorted to New Mangalore harbour.@DefenceMinIndialink
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The ship belonged to the Shipping Corporation of India or SCI.
The origin of the fire in the research vessel is not yet ascertained.
DIG Surendra Singh Dasila, Commander of Coast Guard Karnataka detailed thatthe ‘static sensors’ deployed by the Indian coast guards across the coastalregion picked up signals of a fire on board Sagar Sampada.
“Our Radar operating station at Mangaluru picked up the signals of fireonboard the vessel. Acting on the information, we quickly passed on themessage to other vessels in the vicinity, including a merchant ship andproceeded to provide a fire rescue operation to Sagar Sampada,” he added.
