Ferry under maintenance catches fire


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 22 Mar 2015

BUTTERWORTH: A ferry under maintenance at Penang Port in Jalan Bagan Dalam, Butterworth here caught fire at its lower deck in the engine compartment at about 10.30am Sunday.

A Fire and Rescue spokesman said the fire occurred in a 19 sq m space causing smoke to billow from the compartment.

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