Vessel docked at private yard catches fire in Kochi

Fire and rescue units from aggregate stations successful Ernakulam territory are engaged successful a challenging cognition to extinguish a blaze connected a vas — a barge, according to preliminary reports — docked astatine a backstage vessel attraction gait successful Kalamukku, Vypeen.

Local residents archetypal noticed the fire, reportedly adjacent the motor conception of the vessel, connected Monday (June 22, 2026) astir 4 a.m. The vas had been undergoing attraction and had reportedly carried retired a proceedings tally the erstwhile day, heightening anxiousness successful the neighbourhood implicit the menace posed by the imaginable beingness of fuel.

“We received a telephone astir 4.30 a.m. Since then, aggregate units from assorted occurrence stations person been rushed to the spot. It’s a large fire. Our firefighters person not yet been capable to participate the vas and are attempting to douse the flames by pumping h2o from outside,” sources astatine the Vypeen occurrence presumption said.

The occurrence outbreak successful a densely populated country has triggered sizeable concern. Efforts are besides underway to forestall the blaze from spreading to different vessels anchored nearby.

According to section residents, the backstage shipyard has been operating without a panchayat licence oregon support from the Pollution Control Board.