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Earthquake Triggers Container Fire At Turkish Port

Author : Bozhou Marine

Update time : 2023-02-09 13:28:00

On February 6, the Iskenderun Port on the Mediterranean coast in southern Turkey was hit by a container fire caused by an earthquake. The fire burned for two days, and many cargo ships were forced to transfer to other terminals.

▲On February 6, 2023 local time, in Iskenderun Port, Hatay Province, Turkey, after the earthquake, a large number of containers overturned and a fire broke out.

At around 17:00 local time on February 6, the Iskenderun Port located on the Mediterranean coast in southern Turkey was severely damaged.
The container containing the goods in the port overturned during the earthquake, and a fire broke out, and the flames spread rapidly, causing several Hundreds of containers were burned, forcing the Port Authority to suspend port operations and shipping lines were forced to divert ships to other terminals in the area.
The cause of the fire in the containers has not been determined.

Iskenderun Port is a Mediterranean port in Turkey. It is located in Iskenderun, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Hatay Province in southern Turkey. It is located 100 kilometers away from the center of the earthquake. When the earthquake felt strong.

▲On February 7, 2023 local time, in Iskenderun Port, Hatay Province, Turkey, the fire continued.

Turkish authorities said the fire was extinguished on Tuesday (7th Feb) but has since reignited. From the initial small area of combustion, it developed out of control, and it was no longer possible to extinguish the fire on land and sea. In the end, the authorities used military helicopters and aircraft to control the fire.

Turkey's mayor confirmed on Wednesday (8th Feb) afternoon that the fire had been extinguished again and that cooling was underway. Port sources said that despite the fire's magnitude, the flames did not spread to areas where flammable materials are stored.

At present, in addition to Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have issued emergency notices, COSCO, CMA CGM, and ONE have successively released customer information to inform that their services and operations are affected.

On February 9 local time, according to the Turkish Disaster Emergency Management Agency, as of 3 am on the 9th, the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey rose to 12,391, and another 62,914 were injured.

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