Engine room fire on offshore vessel
- Safety Flash
- Published on 1 November 2011
- Generated on 22 October 2026
- IMCA SF 12/11
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 11-32 regarding a fire reported in the main engine room of an offshore support vessel which was under tow at the time.
The source of the fire was identified as being fuel oil leaking from the flange on a fuel injector pump onto an engine.
Further information about this can be found here.
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