Dubai: The fire boat on Thursday poured a cascade of water on a container ship that had erupted in a fiery explosion in the main port of Dubai the night before, shook the commercial center of the United Arab Emirates.
Satellite images captured by planet Labs Inc.
And analyzed by the Associated Press showed that intensive efforts to cool marine traders continue about 12 hours after the explosion at the Jebel Ali port, when the boat water poured water with water.
Authorities said the explosion did not cause casualties and they were still investigating the cause.
The photos also showed thin sheen from what appeared to be a mixture of oil water spread from the ship to the bay.
Dubai authorities report “leakage” from the ship, without describing.
They said the ship had brought a container full of “flammable material” which was not specified.
The explosion, who sent a giant fireball into the sky Wednesday and shook the house and a high increase in several environments in Dubai, strong enough to be seen from the satellite room.
Panic residents make orange films scary on the futuristic horizon of Dubai, reporting trembling walls and windows more than 15 miles from the port.
Dubai authorities vigorously tried to stem the fall of the explosion, praising the “record time”, it needed firefighters to load the flame and emphasized important port operations did not experience interference.
This port “runs smoothly,” the headlines of the celebration in the media related to the state stated.
The state-run media office and police Dubai did not respond to repeated requests to comment on the incident.
The authorities limit media access to the area, citing an ongoing investigation.
In the air record after it was released by the government on Thursday, the ship that was hit was only a few seconds before the camera pan to the entire port area.
A small container ship appeared charred, with thick gray smoke still billowing from the container and blackened debris scattered the terminal.
Marine traders, sailing under the commort flaend, operated by Dubai-based inzu ship charter.
In the company’s office in Al Qasis, a dusty residential area near Dubai airport, the employee said a company official cooperated with the authorities in the investigation at the explosion.
They said the official was very “stressed” and it was unclear whether he was free to leave the terminal.
They rejected further comments while waiting for the results of the probe.
Container ships anchored in Dubai Wednesday from the edge of Sharjah sea.
During the past year, the ship mainly moved back and forth between Port Jebel Ali and Sharjah, while making a handful of trips to the port of Karachi Pakistan, according to log data from the Marinetractfic.com ship tracking website.
Some other details have emerged from the container explosion scene.
Linked State UAE The National newspaper quoted an unnamed official, reported “mild injury” _ Most of the lumps and scratches _ as the crew “escaped from the ship and the area was evacuated.” The paper said the sailors escape after seeing the smoke that rose from one of the ship’s containers.
Port Jebel Ali, on the east side of the Arabian Peninsula, is the largest port in the Middle East and the busiest port for American warships outside the US, not just a critical global cargo hub but a lifetime for Dubai and around it, presents as an entry point for important imports , The explosion occurred around 11:55 a.m.
Wednesday, as the Dubai temperature reaches 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), with heat and moisture along the coast approaching the sum of summer.
Ship firefighters who explode in a large port in Dubai
