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submitted 10 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A large cargo ship with a fire in its hold is being kept 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) offshore of an Alaska port as a precaution while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames, the U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday.

There were no injuries to the 19 crew members aboard the Genius Star XI, which was carrying a load of lithium-ion batteries across the Pacific Ocean, from Vietnam to San Diego, the guard’s Alaska district said in a release.

The fire started on Christmas Day in cargo hold No. 1, a spokesperson for ship owner Wisdom Marine Group said in a statement. The crew released carbon dioxide into the hold and sealed it over concerns of an explosion.

Ship’s personnel alerted the Coast Guard early Thursday morning about the fire. The Coast Guard said it diverted the 410-foot (125-meter) cargo ship to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation’s busiest fishing ports located in Unalaska, an Aleutian Islands community about 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) southwest of Anchorage.

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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

Dumping it in water will not stop it from burning, and will probably make things a lot worse for the crew.

[-] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I believe that lithium ion and lithium iron phosphate fires are generally put out by lowering the temperature of the reaction to the point that it can't self sustain. Dumping it overboard in a vast supply of frigid water actually would put it out, provided it sinks.

It's also a really really bad idea environmentally.

[-] tpihkal@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Nah, someone already commented that they've towed it outside of the environment.

[-] GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 10 months ago

I applaud them for doing that before the front fell off this time. Hope they don't encounter any waves out there.

[-] theluckyone@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Oh, yeah. At sea? Chance in a million!

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