According to local media reports it iswidely believed that welding sparks started the fire on the 30,600-dwt Antonio(ex- Hyundai Jumbo, built 2002).

Photos taken by the Caller Times show thick black smoke billowing out of the vessel’s lower decks asfire-fighters battled the blaze.

A local firechief, Captain James Brown, told the news outlet that two firstresponders were hospitalised yesterday but their current condition isn't known.

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