{"id":8653,"date":"2026-07-03T09:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/fire-erupts-aboard-bulk-carrier-in-gdansk-port-3\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:49:31","slug":"fire-erupts-aboard-bulk-carrier-in-gdansk-port-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/fire-erupts-aboard-bulk-carrier-in-gdansk-port-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Erupts Aboard Bulk Carrier in Gda\u0144sk Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major firefighting operation is underway in the port of Gda\u0144sk after a fire broke out Thursday night in the holds of a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier loaded with scrap metal.  <\/p>\n<h4>Multi-Agency Response<\/h4>\n<p>The Gda\u0144sk Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service received the report of the fire at approximately 10:30 PM. The operation involves 12 State Fire Service units, two Florian units, an ORLEN Fire Service unit, and two dedicated fireboats.<\/p>\n<h4>Deep-Seated Fire Challenges<\/h4>\n<p>Firefighters have been working throughout the night, yet the blaze remains uncontained. Senior Captain Rados\u0142aw Gburzy\u0144ski stated that teams are applying water and foam from the channel, the deck, and onto the scrap metal already removed from the ship, as they struggle to reach the fire located deep within the cargo hold.<\/p>\n<h4>Unclear Origin and Safety Status<\/h4>\n<p>Authorities have not yet identified the specific material fueling the fire, suggesting that oily components or other flammable materials mixed within the scrap cargo may be responsible. No injuries have been reported, and the crew, who attempted initial containment using onboard procedures, remains on board without the need for evacuation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major firefighting operation is underway in the port of Gda\u0144sk after a fire broke out Thursday night in the holds of a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier loaded with scrap metal. Multi-Agency Response The Gda\u0144sk Municipal Headquarters of the State Fire Service received the report of the fire at approximately 10:30 PM. The operation involves 12 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poland-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}