Nine firefighters were injured Thursday after an explosion on an auto-hauling ship on the Florida coast, officials said.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue tweeted about the explosion shortly after 7 p.m. and the injuries. Citing the department, NBC affiliate WTLV reported that nine had been taken to a hospital, including some with serious injuries.
The ship was at Blount Island, near Jacksonville, the department said. None of the ship’s crew members were hurt in a fire that began on the ship’s seventh deck, the station reported.
Fire and Rescue Chief Keith Powers called a ship fire “one of the most dangerous situations a firefighter can encounter,” the station reported.
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Ship records show the vessel is Norwegian and was scheduled to leave Jacksonville.
It wasn’t immediately clear what started the fire.