A major fire broke out at an oil storage tank at Singapore’s Pulau Busing terminal on Tuesday, March 20.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) informed it was alerted about the fire at about 5.50 pm local time.
Pulau Busing, an island located off the southwestern coast of Singapore, is occupied by Tankstore Ltd, a petroleum storage company which runs the terminal. The terminal has a total capacity of 2 million cbm for the storage of petroleum and petrochemical products.
“After approximately 6 hours of intense firefighting operations, the raging oil storage tank fire was extinguished by the combined efforts of SCDF Emergency Responders and CERT members,” SCDF said in a tweet.
The intense firefighting operation was challenged by the radiant heat from the affected tank requiring firefighters to maintain a safe distance. Furthermore, adjacent tanks had to be cooled in order to prevent the fire from spreading.
There have been no casualties reported.
As informed, 31 firefighting and support vehicles and 128 personnel were involved in the firefighting operation.
The operation also received support from the Police Coast Guard, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, Republic of Singapore Navy and National Environment Agency, SCDF said.
The cause of the fire and the extent of damage on the oil tank are yet to be determined.
3月20日星期二，新加坡Pulau Busing碼頭的一個儲油罐發生大火。
新加坡民防局（SCDF）通知，當地時間下午五點五十分左右發出火警警報。
由Tankstore Ltd公司經營位於新加坡西南海岸附近的島嶼Pulau Busing，該公司經營碼頭。該碼頭總容量為200萬立方米，用於石油和石化產品的儲存。
“經過大約6個小時的滅火行動後，在SCDF緊急救援人員和CERT成員的共同努力下，撲滅了這場儲油罐火災，” SCDF在一則推文中說。
因為消防滅火行動受到儲油罐的輻射熱的影響，所以消防員需要保持安全距離。此外，為了防止火勢蔓延，相鄰的儲油罐必須保持冷卻。
據報導沒有人員意外傷亡。
據了解，31輛消防支援車和128名人員參與這場滅火行動。
SCDF表示，該行動還得到了新加坡海軍和國家環境局的警察海岸警衛隊，新加坡海事和港務局，新加坡海軍和國家環境局的支持。
火災原因和油罐損壞的程度尚未確定。
Imformation Source: World Maritime News
