The fire erupted while the workers were cutting steel inside the beached ship. The injured workers were transferred to Karachi for medical treatment.
The fire is being reported just as Gadani reopened to receive tankers.
The demolition of tankers and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers at Pakistan’s Gadani shipbreaking yards was banned in February 2017, following two incidents which caused dozens of fatalities.
The incidents, caused by the absence of safety measures, included an explosion on November 1, which killed at least 28 workers, and a fire on January 9, which claimed the lives of another 5 workers.
據當地媒體報導，10月14日星期日，一艘油輪在Gadani 破船場發生火災後，至少有7人受傷，據說有3人處於危急狀態。
當工人在擱淺的船內切割鋼材時，火災爆發了。受傷的工人被轉移到KARACHI接受治療。
Gadani一重新開放接收油輪火災馬上就發生。
巴基斯坦Gadani拆船場的油輪和液化石油氣（LPG）運輸船的拆除在2017年2月被禁止，此前發生了兩起造成數十人死亡的事故。
由於缺乏安全措施而引發的事件包括 11月1日發生爆炸，導致至少28名工人死亡， 1月9日發生火災，導致另外5名工人喪生。
Information source: World Maritime News Staff , Image Courtesy: GCaptain
