Suspected battery blaze on cargo ship put out

Media reports have confirmed that a Christmas Day fire onboard a 125m cargo ship that had burned ‘for days’ has been put out – with suggestions that the blaze had been caused by lithium-ion batteries.

US Coast Guard

Media reports have confirmed that a Christmas Day fire onboard a 125m cargo ship that had burned ‘for days’ has been put out – with suggestions that the blaze had been caused by lithium-ion batteries.