Terrible-to-fight ferry fire damaged ramp hydraulics
Friday 18th June 2010, 11:30AM BST.
With the main ramp open at last, firefighters and crew check out the Clipper. (Picture from The News, Portsmouth, 0985862)
A SENIOR firefighter has described the terrible conditions they endured battling the Commodore Clipper blaze.
Operations commander Mark Wittcomb yesterday outlined the dangers his officers faced tackling the freight-deck fire as the ferry arrived in Portsmouth from Guernsey and Jersey.
The Hampshire crew were ready with seven fire engines and support appliances when the boat docked, he said.
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