The fire on the LPG tanker "Sophia" was still burning as of 2:00pm today, more than 13 hours after it broke out at Kutubdia anchorage in Chattogram.
The tanker's mother vessel also caught fire early today, but the flames were brought under control by 3:00am. Bangladesh Coast Guard was informed of the fire at 12:55am.
Captain Jahirul Hoque, zonal commander of Bangladesh Coast Guard East Zone, told The Daily Star at 2:00pm that the fire at the rear part of the vessel was repeatedly reigniting, possibly due to gas coming from the cargo hold.
The coast guard's firefighting tugboat Promotto and several tugboats of Bangladesh Navy and port authority were engaged in fighting the blaze, he said.
Md Omar Faruk, secretary of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), said in the morning that the fire on the tanker's mother vessel "Captain Nikolas" was brought under control before 3:00am.
