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Two firefighters were killed after they became trapped while fighting a fire on a ship docked at Port Newark Wednesday night.Newark Firefighters were dispatched to the location following a report of multiple vehicles on fire on a ship at Port Newark.The fire started on the 10th deck as crew members and local stevedores were moving cars, vans and trucks.
"Members made an attempt to extinguish the fire but got pushed back by the intense heat. Two firefighters were lost while conducting this action of backing out of the structure," Newark Fire Chief Rufus Jackson said.Those victims identified as Augie Acabou, 45, and Wayne Brooks, 45."We lost two firefighters today," said Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the scene.
No electric cars or hazardous cargo were on the ship. The ship is not spilling fuel or in danger of sinking. "There are about 5,000 cars on the boat, just to give you a perspective. This is a very huge structure that these guys had to breach. In the process we had two calls for maydays," Baraka said.
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