Fire erupts aboard container ship at Port of LA, briefly prompts shelter-in-place order

LOS ANGELES -- A occurrence broke retired aboard a Los Angeles instrumentality vessel connected Friday, concisely prompting a shelter-in-place bid for surrounding communities implicit concerns astir hazardous materials wrong the ship's cargo.

All 23 unit members of the vessel were accounted for and determination were nary injuries from the electrical fire, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Officials said they had identified hazardous materials aboard the vessel, the One Henry Hudson.

On Saturday morning, Mayor Karen Bass announced the cancellation of a shelter-in-place bid that had been successful spot for the areas astir the larboard for respective hours.

"The structure successful spot bid has been lifted for the Los Angeles larboard communities, including Wilmington and San Pedro," Bass said connected X.

The blaze was reported astir 6:38 p.m. with 124 LAFD unit responding, according to the occurrence department. The Long Beach Fire Department and Port Police besides assisted.

AIR7 was implicit the country arsenic fireboats sprayed h2o connected the vessel arsenic fume billowed into the sky.

By astir 7 p.m., the occurrence had dispersed to respective levels of the ship, according to the occurrence department, and aboriginal an detonation took spot mid-deck. The detonation disrupted powerfulness to the ship, including lighting and crane operations.

The U.S. Coast Guard said a information portion of 1 nautical mile had been established astir the vessel.

The occurrence appears to person started beneath deck, earlier spreading to respective levels of the ship, starring to an detonation mid-deck, according to the occurrence department. It was not instantly wide however the occurrence started.

More than 100 firefighters were called to conflict the blaze astatine the Port of Los Angeles, known arsenic the busiest seaport successful North America. Their efforts continued overnight, Bass said.

The 1,102-foot-long (336-meter-long) vas is operated by One Ocean Express, a shipping institution headquartered successful Singapore. Before Los Angeles, the vessel had astir precocious been successful Japan, stopping successful Kobe, Nagoya and Tokyo.

One Ocean Express did not instantly respond to an email from The Associated Press requesting comment.

KABC contributed to this report.