At about 4: 30 in the morning, the accident happened at Beihai Overseas Chinese Port Wharf. A wooden tugboat about 29 meters long and 5.5 meters wide suddenly caught fire, but fortunately no one was trapped. After receiving the alarm from the masses, the command center of Beihai Fire Brigade immediately dispatched three fire fighting formations, six fire engines, 1 fire boat and 42 officers and men to the scene to put out the fire.
Fire officers and soldiers involved in the rescue said that more than a dozen ships of different sizes were parked around the burning fishing boat at the same time. At that time, the fire was relatively large, and it can be clearly seen on the shore that the fire was more than ten meters high and the smoke was rolling. Once the fire spreads to other ships, it may lead to the consequences of burning the camp.
After the incident, some fishing boats were worried about being affected by the fire, and the shipowners loosened their cables one after another, which led to the obstruction of the navigation channel of Beihai International Passenger Port and the delay of flights from Beihai to Weizhou Island.
According to the relevant person in charge of Beibu Gulf Tourism Co., Ltd., at around 8 o'clock that day, the ship was still unable to enter and leave Hong Kong normally. In order to ensure the safety of the ship, the company has cancelled the flight to Weizhou Island today. After the flight adjustment, the company issued a notice at the first time, and refunded the tourists with zero handling fee. At the same time, it repeatedly informed the on-site tourists in the form of broadcasting and arranged for tourists to transfer.
At about 10 on that day, fire officers and soldiers used foam guns or hoses to gush out from different directions and successfully put out the fire. Beibu Gulf Tourism Co., Ltd. also cooperated with relevant departments to start dredging the waterway.
After the navigation channel is cleared, Beibu Gulf Tourism Co., Ltd. has arranged four flights, namely Fei Yi 1, Northbound 16, Northbound 12 and Northbound 15 * *, to meet the demand of returning passengers in Weizhou Island, with sufficient capacity to transport nearly 3,000 tourists on the island safely.
It's good that people are okay.