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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Another Indian naval mishap as fire breaks out on ship

INS GangaIndia’s Navy on Friday said two of its sailors and two civilian dockyard workers were taken to hospital following an explosion on the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Ganga in the Mumbai Dry Docks where it was undergoing repairs and a refit.

Authorities said a loud noise was heard at about 11.15am on Friday in the boiler room of INS Ganga and added that “the cause of the loud noise was possibly due to gas accumulation.”

Although several news reports said there was a fire and some naval personnel were injured, a release from the Ministry of Defence stressed that “there has been no fire or any damage to any equipment in the ship.

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