KD SRI INDERAPURA ON FIRE

I don't know whats wrong with KD SIP, since its came back, this is 2nd time she on fire..she a hot American lady !!But the famous swindling scandal onboard KDSIP few years back was a legend for making a lots of people rich through its REFIT program..

Navy’s largest landing craft on fire(Update)
By IVAN LOH

LUMUT: The Royal Malaysian Navy’s biggest landing craft, the KD Sri Inderapura caught fire while berthed at the naval base here.

The vessel, which was scheduled to transport logistic goods to the Markas Wilayah Laut Dua in Kota Kinabalu on Monday had caught fire at about 6.30am Thursday.

Firemen were trying to put out the fire from the naval dockyard and from sea while assisted by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, local tugboat operators and employees from the Boustead Naval Shipyard.

At 3pm smoke was still seen from the vessel as firemen continued to fight the fire.

A total 77 crew members, including six officers and 22 trainees were on duty on board the ship when the incident happened. No one was injured.

It was the second time that the navy vessel had caught fire since 2002. The vessel was built in 1970 and had been accredited in service in 1995.

KD Sri Inderapura was also among several other navy vessels that had escorted Malaysian trading ships from pirate attacks across the Gulf of Aden in Somalia last year.

Bernama quoted Manjung OCPD ACP Mohd Jamil Osman saying that according to a preliminary report, the fire involved the office and storage areas and no injuries were reported.



Fire on board KD Inderapura

2009/10/08

Mimi Syed Yusof

KD Inderapura, Royal Malaysian Navy's largest logistics ship caught fire off the coast of Lumut this morning while sailing to Teluk Sebagak, Sabah.

The fire, which started at 6.23am, is still raging but under control, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi.
The 40-year old ship was one of the two Malaysian naval ships involved in the special mission freeing the MISC vessels Bunga Melati V and Bunga Melati II, which were held hostage by pirates last year.
Zahid said senior Naval officials are at the scene to investigate the cause.
"We are investigating from all angles, including arson and sabotage," he said adding that the fire is under control and there is no oil spill.
"There were several explosions, I believe seven.

"We will issue a statement as soon as we get details," he added.