Bowral Fire and Rescue crew members were among hundreds of firefighters that assisted with a blaze aboard the Iron Chieftain bulk carrier at Port Kembla last week.
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The blaze went for about six days and the Fire and Rescue NSW Bowral crew attended the site on the third day on last Wednesday.
The crew arrived in the early evening on June 20 and left the site at around midnight.
The crew primarily assisted other Fire and Rescue NSW and helped with the set-up of high expansion foam dispensers.
There were four firefighters from Bowral in attendance, as well as the senior instructor country representative.
Fire and Rescue NSW crews travelled from the Illawarra, South Coast and Sydney to assist with the blaze.
On any given day, there were at least 50 firefighters working at the site and one incident control vehicle.
Crews also had two aerial appliances and up to 10 fire trucks at their disposal each day.
Up to 100 fire-fighters were placed on an around-the-clock roster as the fire proved difficult to get at.
Fire and Rescue crews were assisted by police, the port authority and other agencies.
The only reported injury was one fire-fighter sustaining minor injuries when a hose coupling broke.
Flames broke out in the cargo hold of the Iron Chieftain last Monday morning on June 18 as crews were unloading dolomite at Port Kembla harbour.
The blaze was totally extinguished on Sunday, June 24.
There was significant fire damage to different parts of the upward conveyor belt.
There was also fire damage discovered in several smaller tanks that contain some marine fuels.