“According to preliminary data, the fire occurred on February 29, 2024 in the storage room on the first deck.
Welding work was carried out on the ship,” the department said in a statement.
It is clarified that prosecutors have already arrived at the scene of the emergency.
Fire services are currently at the scene of the fire.
“The Transport Prosecutor’s Office will establish all the circumstances and, if there are grounds, take prosecutorial response measures,” the statement adds.
In August 2023, a fire was reported in the hold of the Tersky Bereg cargo ship standing at the pier.
The crew evacuated on their own.