Trawler's fish holds still ablaze

09 November 2016 - 08:42
By Bobby Jordan

A factory trawler packed with polystyrene containers and fuel is still on fire a week after it caught alight in Cape Town harbour, but the cause of the blaze remains a mystery. The Russian-registered Verano is proving a major headache, largely due to toxic fumes billowing from the fire inside the vessel's fish holds.

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