baffled9
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Reported by BBC news mid afternoon.
Car tranporter ablaze in IPSWICH HARBOUR
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sailorman
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Fire on boat with 100 vehicles on board at Ipswich port
A ship carrying more than 100 second hand cars is on fire at the port of Ipswich in Suffolk.
Seven fire crews are at the scene of the blaze on the ship Accum, bound for the Caribbean, which broke out shortly before 15:30 GMT.
A spokesman for Suffolk Fire Service said as well as the seven crews a turn table ladder and a fire command unit were in attendance.
The fire service added that it was not yet known if anyone had been injured.
The ship Accum is believed to be registered in Gibraltar.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update_m...go_ship_blaze_at_cliff_quay_ipswich_1_1737275
A ship carrying more than 100 second hand cars is on fire at the port of Ipswich in Suffolk.
Seven fire crews are at the scene of the blaze on the ship Accum, bound for the Caribbean, which broke out shortly before 15:30 GMT.
A spokesman for Suffolk Fire Service said as well as the seven crews a turn table ladder and a fire command unit were in attendance.
The fire service added that it was not yet known if anyone had been injured.
The ship Accum is believed to be registered in Gibraltar.
http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/update_m...go_ship_blaze_at_cliff_quay_ipswich_1_1737275
sailorman
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How does one get 100 cars into this ship
philiphurst
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Crush them?
jimi
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get a lady to park 'em?
nigelm
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Thought there be enough burnt out wrecks there already !!!