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Two firefighters die after fire on Grimaldi vessel

The fire broke out on Wednesday when it was docked at the Port of Newark on the US East Coast and was being loaded with cars.
A fatal fire broke out on the large car carrier Grande Costa d'Avorio on Wednesday. | Photo: Mike Segar/Reiuters/Ritzau Scanpix
A fatal fire broke out on the large car carrier Grande Costa d'Avorio on Wednesday. | Photo: Mike Segar/Reiuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by KIT LINDHARDT

Two firefighters have lost their lives in a fire aboard the car carrier Grande Costa d’Avorio, operated by Italian shipping company Grimaldi Deep Sea.

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