“Access is tough. The heat is extreme. It’s a steel box. So it’s a very complex situation.'
Authorities declined to answer whether firefighters should have gone into harm's way to put the blaze out when no lives appeared to be at risk on the ship with 28 crew members.
Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson said Thursday that the department had trained on passenger-carrying ships before, but not the specific kind of cargo vessel they’re confronting now. Acabou’s cousin, Newark fire Capt. Carlos Henriques, read a letter from his family about Acabou, calling their loss “unfathomable.”
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