More than 400 firefighters participated in a fire drill taking place on a 25,000-metric-ton cargo ship at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

The event saw the attendance of vice-chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc, officials of the city’s department of fire fighting and prevention and rescue police, port authority and port border guard officials, and police and military officers based in Thu Duc City, District 1, District 7, Nha Be District.

In the hypothetical situation, the TC30 cargo vessel weighing 25,000 metric tons and carrying 1,500 shipping containers of flammable and explosive goods encountered a storm as it was traveling from overseas to Vietnam.

This caused the products to be moved during the transport, resulting in smoldering fires inside some containers.

A conflagration eventually broke out on the ship as it was docking at Cat Lai Port, forcing the port manager to request assistance from the city’s fire fighting and prevention police unit.

More than 400 officers and 33 specialized vehicles and ships were mobilized to the scene and were able to put out the blaze after 40 minutes, as well as rescuing 22 crew members.

During the drill, the firefighting and rescue forces were trained with the skills and tactics needed in real-life situations, according to Colonel Nguyen Thanh Huong, deputy director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Public Security.

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