Soot blowing risk

摘要

A tanker was under way at sea when two crew members noticed smoke coming from the upper deck alleyway. They alerted the rest of the crew and started investigating the source of the smoke. They quickly found that the canvas cover of the emergency towing wire aft had caught fire. The emergency response procedures were activated, and the fire was quickly extinguished. The company investigation concluded that the incident was probably caused by a soot particle emitted from the funnel during soot blowing.