The company, along with the US Coast Guard, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Newark Fire Department, is working to put out the flames, according to a joint news release Thursday.

I was up close to the scene, Irvington, Newark, and South Orange are units that I’ve seen so far. It looks like they’re starting to get a han ...

Two firefighters have been killed while battling a massive blaze on a container ship docked at Port Newark, New Jersey. The fire broke out on the massive Grande Coaster Eadoirio around 9:30 p.m ...

2 members of the Newark Fire Department were killed while battling a blaze in a New Jersey port. The fire continued to burn Friday. The fire on a cargo ship at Port Newark that killed two ...

NEWARK — Firefighters ... Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark firefighters are called for large fires at the docks. The Port Authority has a small fire unit but doesn't have the ...

Edward Kelly, general president of the International Association of Firefighters, wrote on Twitter, "Please say a prayer for the safety of the Newark, NJ firefighters battling a difficult ship ...

Newark firefighters Augusto “Augie” Acabou, 45, and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr., 49, who were trapped in a burning vessel loaded with 1,200 highly combustible junk cars and trucks bound for ...

The city of Newark says it has 435 firefighters, though city fire union officials say that number is lower. Either way, Newark had around 600 firefighters in 2000, despite now having a bigger ...

NJ Spotlight News. Union alarm over Newark fire department staffing, investment. Clip: 7/12/2023 | 5m 1s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A week after a deadly ship fire broke out at Port Newark ...

Acabou was a nine-year veteran of the of the Newark Fire Department and was assigned to Engine 16. Brooks served for 16.5 years and was assigned to Ladder 4. The last time a Newark firefighter was ...

Newark's fire chief said his department did not have adequate training or equipment to deal with the flames, and that dealing with cars filled with gas on a cargo ship is extremely difficult.