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FDNY battles fire aboard ship docked at Homeport Pier in Stapleton

Firefighters on Staten Island are working to extinguish a fire that has been smoldering aboard a ship for about three days, a Coast Guard spokeswoman said The 360-foot vessel --the Motor Vessel Grey Shark -- is currently docked at the Homeport Pier in Stapleton. FDNY and NYPD members, as well as the Coast Guard and the ship's owners are working together to put out the fire, the spokeswoman said. The Panamanian-flagged roll-on/roll-off vessel departed New York on March 11, bound for the Caribbean Sea with 13 crew members aboard, the spokeswoman said. Problems began for the ship on Saturday when one of the vessel's two engines stopped working, the spokeswoman said. The fire broke out the next day, at around 4 p.m., in the ship's cargo spaces after the vessel experienced difficulty with its second engine while traveling back to New York for repairs. Officials said the fire was contained by the on-board firefighting system but continued to smolder since the initial ignition. No injuries were reported, the spokeswoman said. http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/03/fdny_battles_fire_aboard_ship.html