Near Miss: Fire blanket caught fire during third-party hot work

What happened? While conducting a fire watch round on a vessel in port, a 2nd mate noticed that a fire blanket on the midships fire hose box had caught fire. He immediately reported this to the Bridge and used an extinguisher to put the fire out. What went wrong? The fire started after a third-party...

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