Mutiara Berkah I Ship Caught Fire In Cilegon, Evacuation Of 159 Passengers Using Cranes
The joint SAR team carried out the evacuation process for passengers of the Mutiara Berkah I Passenger Motor Ship (KMP) which caught fire at the pier of Indah Kiat Port, Merak, Cilegon City, Banten Province, Wednesday, September 6. Evacuation using cranes. Head of Banten Basarnas Adil Triyanto revealed a total of 159 passengers and crew members. KMP Mutiara Berkah I also contains 135 cargo trucks.
"For the process of evacuating passengers because the position of the ship was high until passengers got off using cranes and all passengers were rescued," he said in Cilegon, Banten, September 6, which was confiscated by Antara. He also said that five of the passengers experienced shortness of breath and were rushed to the nearest hospital (RS) for treatment. and the condition is now gradually improving. For the process of extinguishing the fire, he said, it was carried out from two directions, namely through the sea side and from the mainland by deploying as many as eight fire engines. "Currently, there are still blackouts in the hull of the right ship from the bow to the stern. And from the joint SAR team we deployed eight fire engines and four tugboats from the sea side, so we extinguished them from the sea and land sides," he said.