Cargo Ship Fire That Killed 2 Firefighters Extinguished After Nearly A Week
- A massive fire broke out on the Italian cargo ship Grande Costa D'Avorio at the Port of Newark.
- Two Newark firefighters lost their lives battling the blaze which took nearly a week to extinguish.
- The cause of the fire is still under investigation but no electric vehicles were onboard.
- Authorities will examine the fire response and training protocols for cargo ship fires.
- Salvage efforts on the burned ship will take one to two months to complete before it can be scrapped.