3 reported missing after fire breaks out at offshore supply vessel Greatship Rohini

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Three seamen were reportedly trapped and missing while one was rescued after a fire broke out in offshore supply vessel Greatship Rohini off the Mumbai shore in the Arabian Sea on Saturday.

The fire broke out in the OSV, nearly 92 nautical miles off a platform of Mumbai High, according to the Indian Coast Guard (ICG).

On receipt of the information, Coast Guard Operation Centre diverted offshore patrol vessel Samarth to the scene of action.

Simultaneously, a Dornier aircraft was launched for the assessment of the situation.

The Coast Guard ship reached the area at 1330 hrs and took over as on-scene coordinator - MV Albatross-5 operating in the vicinity, tied up a hawser from the forecastle of Greatship Rohini and pulled it out to a safe location from the NQO platform rig.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Samarth, with its advanced external fire-fighting system in coordination with OSV Priya 27, established boundary cooling for controlling the spread of fire.

Due to excessive heat and smoke, the crew of Greatship Rohini was unable to enter the engine room, where the fire started.

“A team from ICG Ship Samarth has boarded the vessel for further assessment. The fire fighting operation is still underway and being coordinated by ICGS Samarth. Meanwhile, a pollution control vessel has also been sent to the scene of action by the Indian Coast Guard to augment the efforts,” officials said.