The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) also said records of some emergency fire drills had been falsified on Charles M Willie’s (CMW's) 2,900-dwt Celtic Carrier (built 1984).

A fire broke out in a cabin on 26 April 2013 as the ship took cement from Gibraltar to Belfast.

A crew member had been drinking and smoking, and had fallen asleep in his bed holding a lit cigarette.

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