SHAH ALAM: KM Stapa – pennant number 2602- caught fire while undergoing maintenance at a shipyard in Miri, Sarawak last night. The ship was docked at the Palau Slipways Sdn Bhd shipyard in Kuala Baram when the incident occurred.
From Borneo Online:
MIRI (Nov 1): A Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) patrol vessel docked in Kuala Baram here caught fire late last night.
The Lutong fire station (BBP) said the fire occurred on the middle deck of KM Stapa.
“A distress call was received by BBP Lutong operations control room (PKO) around 11.35pm and a team of five personnel was immediately despatch to the location around 11km away.
“Upon arrival to the location, we found that the fire that started from the second deck section had already damaged 40 per cent of the vessel. Fortunately, no one was injured as the vessel was under maintenance and repair at the time,” Lutong fire station chief Henry Jugah said in a statement.
Firefighters used a RECEO (rescue, exposures, confinement, extinguish, and overhaul) method, deployed two 400-foot-long hose lines with four nozzles, and used an open water source to extinguish the fire.
The fire was fully extinguished around 1am.
After ensuring the area was safe and the fire was completely put out, the firefighters ended the operation at 5.10am.
Stapa is a 26 meter long patrol boat which was transferred from the Fisheries Department. She and her sister ship – KM Rhu – pennant number 2601- is known as the Rhu class. They were previously known as the Siri class.
–Malaysian Defence
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LOL choppers crashing, ship sunk, simple leasing deal in danger, delays & cost overruns in deliveries, people dying, cadets getting ragged, now another boat on fire. The bad omens are coming one after another again, in just this year alone and the year isnt over yet.
An ancient China believe when disasters comes nonstop it is a premonition of a change in power.
Series of unfortunate events. Mmea barely had enough hulls and now this. Something is wrong
Qamarul - " Something is wrong"
Shite happens. Doesn't necessarily mean "something is wrong" or that it's unique to us. A small fire broke on an a RN carrier whilst she was docked; a RNZN ship ran aground on a reef; a USMC unit CO lost his command after he ejected from a still flyable plane; etc.
All these incidents are regretable and unfortunate; some delue to human error or due to other causes and could have been prevented but it's not as if such incidents are new: at least not to longtime observers. The only difference is that now they're widely reported and wideky made known because of the internet and social media.
Will not comment much on this as it is mostly the fault of the shipyard that is given the trust to repair the ship.
... - "Will not comment much on this"
Like it was with Mutiara. Don't know about the trust part but once a ship is handed over for yard assumes all responsibility and liability for it.
Any update on lcs 1 though? Lunas are slated to deliver lcs1 for harbor trial this month right? Or november next year?
Harbour trials supposed to start next month, 3oth December is also next month.