Two Ferries Gutted in Devastating Langkawi Shipyard Fire

LANGKAWI: Two ferries docked at a pier in Langkawi were destroyed in a fire at Northern Shipyard Jalan Bukit Malut on Monday (Jan 19) night. A Kedah fire and rescue department spokesman said they received a call from 999 informing them about the incident at 9.46pm. "Upon arrival at the scene, it was found that six ferries were involved in the incident, two of which (My Feri 1 and Star Pyramid) were about 80% engulfed in flames and had been swept about 50 metres away from the dock," the spokesman said in a statement. The spokesman said a new ferry, Marin Star 2, at the dock also caught fire but only suffered about 5% damage. He said another two ferries, Marin Star 1 and Feri Langkawi, docked nearby at the pier were successfully saved while My Feri 2 managed to leave the jetty and was secured at a floating buoy offshore. He said the operations commander conducted the firefighting operations using one hose line with two water jets extending 300 feet, along with water supplied from the fire engine pump to extinguish the fire on the ferry that was still berthed at the jetty. The firefighting operation involved personnel from the Persiaran Putra, Langkawi and Langkawi fire stations. No casualties were reported in the incident.