Container terminal fire! Lithium battery again
2024/11/6 16:49:02 COMROM: BROWSE:
According to The Times of India, on Saturday (September 14), a small fire broke out at the Vishahapatnam Container Terminal Pte LTD (VCTPL) in India, and the situation was tense as smoke covered the entire area. The VCTPL management responded promptly and sent the fire brigade to put out the fire and bring the situation under control. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the accident. Sources said a VCTPL staff member on duty spotted smoke coming from a 40-foot container containing lithium batteries for electric vehicles, mainly four-wheelers. The container was said to have arrived in Kolkata from China. Immediately after the fire, the VCTPL management isolated the container and it was cooled down by fire engines from Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA). The contents of the container were then safely removed and disposed of in accordance with safety procedures. In addition, the accident happened near a movie set near the terminal. Fortunately, VCTPL assured that all safety measures were in place and the film crew was not harmed throughout the incident. An internal investigation is underway to determine the cause of the fire. In July, a container at a dock in Yantian District, Shenzhen caught fire. After investigation, the fire site burned the cargo such as lithium batteries in the container, the fire area was about 8 square meters, and there were no casualties. The cause of the fire was lithium battery thermal control. · In June, a fire broke out in a container containing goods at Indah Island, Port West Klang. About 14 containers were destroyed! The fire department's initial investigation shows that the cause of the fire may be related to lithium batteries. In view of the particularity of lithium battery cargo, the airlines have repeatedly stressed that if the cargo contains lithium batteries, the shipper and its agents must earnestly and truthfully perform their duty to declare, ensure that the name of the declared goods and the level of dangerous nature are accurate, and there must be no concealment, false reporting, misreporting or omission. Disclaimer: This comprehensive Internet information collation is for reference only, the facts are subject to official release or actual.
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