By SPA,
Singapore : An explosion rocked a Belize-registered ship in the final stages of repair at a Singapore dock, injuring 15 crew members and workers on board, officials said Monday.
On Sunday, a flash fire broke out in the 50-metre-long Rainbow Star, which had been berthed at Kreuz Shipbuilding & Engineering in Tuas Crescent for nearly three months, DPA reported.
A shipyard worker said he saw plumes of white and orange smoke after the explosion.
“I heard a very loud pong sound,” the Chinese national told The Straits Times. “The whole boat was covered in smoke.”
The Civil Defence Force said the flames were confined to the 20 metre-by-5-metre bridge.
The Rainbow Star had been scheduled to sail for the Indonesian island of Batam this week.
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