The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Wednesday that an electric fault might have caused an explosion on an oil ship Tuesday.
A statement by the authority said the incident occurred while the oil ship was docked near the African Marine Terminal in Liwatoni, Likoni which left some parts of the ship damaged.
KPA said that the likely cause of the fire on the ship, christened East Wind II, was an electrical fault.
KPA stated that one crew member who was on the deck watch sustained a minor head injury and was rushed to the hospital and he is in stable condition.
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“KPA Harbour Tag Simba III is equipped with firefighting capability and contained the fire by 12:35 nearly an hour after the incident was reported by the master of the ship to the KPA tower,” the authority said.
Witnesses said the explosion was accompanied by a ball of fire and black smoke, East Wind II reportedly offloaded fuel in Zanzibar before transiting through the Port.
KPA Managing Director Captain William Ruto commended the crew of Tug Simba III for successfully containing the fire.
“The fire brigade continued to monitor the situation where they left at around 1450hrs after confirming the situation was normalized and safe,” he said.
Mombasa Central Police OCPD Maxwel Agoro said they are still investigating the incident.
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