Cargo ship caught fire at Port of Los Angeles

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Cargo ship fire in Los Angeles nearly contained after shelter-in-place order lifted
A fire on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles was nearly contained Saturday afternoon, though authorities were still assessing whether enough hazardous material burned to cause signific...

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Cargo ship and containers catch fire at Port of Los Angeles
Port of L.A. Operational as Firefighters Continue to Battle Cargo Ship Blaze
Investigators working to uncover cause of container ship fire that closed LA port and sparked chemical alert
Investigators are still working to determine how an electrical fire sparked on the One Henry Hudson cargo ship at the the Port of Los Angeles as firefighters work to fully contain the blaze.

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Container ship fire in L.A. 'substantially contained,' officials say
Aerials show fire being extinguished on ship at San Pedro port
Shelter-in-place order lifted for communities near hazardous container ship fire in Port of Los Angeles
The order was issued because the vessel, One Henry Hudson, caught fire around 7:15 p.m. Friday while docked at the Port of Los Angeles.

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Electrical fire that erupted on cargo ship at Port of Los Angeles now ‘substantially contained’ after no injuries reported
Crews battle hazardous fire on cargo ship in San Pedro, major emergency declared

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Cargo ship and containers catch on fire at Port of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Fire Department said an electrical fire started a little after 6:30 p.m. below deck of the container ship named 1 Henry Hudson. LAFD sent more than 120 firefighters to the docked ship as police and customs officers helped the 23-person crew off the 1100-foot ship.
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