Fire aboard cargo ship in Port Newark now out
"The salvage process could easily be one to two months," Coast Guard Capt. Zeita Merchant said during a news conference.
Two veteran Newark firefighters died fighting the fire. Augusto Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks, Jr., 49, are set to be laid to rest on Thursday and Friday, respectively.The ship was carrying used cars destined for Africa with a stop in Providence, Rhode Island in between, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
"The decks of the ship is essentially a parking garage," Port Director Beth Rooney said. "What we had burning were components and parts of cars." Tests of the air and water around the ship's berth came back below actionable levels, said Kevin Perry of Gallagher Marine Systems, the company hired by the ship's owner, Grimaldi Group, to extinguish the fire and conduct salvage operations.
Meanwhile the Newark firefighters' union has also called a press conference to talk about staffing levels. The union says the City of Newark has 80 firefighter jobs currently unfilled.
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