Teams Assess Damage After Fire on Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port May 17, 2021
A salvage team assessed damage Saturday after a fire was ignited inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast.
“The assessment is likely to take several days,” the multiagency command overseeing the demolition of the Golden Ray said in a statement.
The wreckage caught fire Friday as workers used torches to cut into the hull. Crews extinguished the blaze, which burned for several hours and sent up black smoke. No one was injured.
A giant crane being used to dismantle the ship was unhooked Saturday and shifted away from the site to allow for the damage assessments, officials said.
Flames Engulf Cargo Ship s Remains
It s too early to know how much the blaze might delay efforts to remove the partly-submerged shipwreck that remains off the Georgia coast.
May 17th, 2021
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) The remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the Georgia coast caught fire Friday as workers used torches to cut into the hull, sending up black smoke and causing loud bangs that sounded like explosions.
The multiagency command overseeing demolition of the Golden Ray said in a statement late Friday that crews had put out the fire, which burned for several hours, and would remain on the scene overnight in case the blaze flared up again.
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Firefighters hose down a fire in the remains of the overturned cargo ship Golden Ray, Friday, May 14, 2021, Brunswick, Ga. The Golden Ray had roughly 4,200 vehicles in its cargo decks when it capsized off St. Simons Island on Sept. 8, 2019. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Himes says there have been no injuries and all demolition crew members were safely evacuated. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton) May 14, 2021 - 4:57 PM
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) â The remains of an overturned cargo ship being dismantled along the Georgia coast caught fire Friday as workers used torches to cut into the hull, sending up black smoke and causing loud bangs that sounded like explosions.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) A salvage team on Saturday began assessing damage caused by a fire inside the remains of an overturned cargo ship that is being dismantled along the Georgia coast. “The