(MENAFN) Egyptian teams played a crucial role in extinguishing a blaze that broke out late Tuesday aboard a container vessel managed by the Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources confirmed on Wednesday. No injuries were reported.

The ministry disclosed it received an urgent alert from the marine control center in Ras Gharib, located on the Red Sea coast, about a fire erupting in the engine room of the container ship PUMBA. At the time, the vessel was navigating near an offshore oil platform.

In immediate response, the ministry coordinated with relevant agencies and deployed four tugboats owned by petroleum firms to aid firefighting and rescue efforts.

"The joint efforts resulted in full control of the fire with no casualties, and the vessel was towed to a safe anchorage area, away from operational zones and vital navigation routes," it stated.

Maritime tracking sources identify the PUMBA as a 294-meter-long container ship flying the Liberian flag. The vessel is currently operating in the Red Sea and is part of the Mediterranean Shipping Company's extensive global fleet, one of the world’s largest container shipping enterprises.

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