Fire hits Cutrale’s terminal in Port of Santos

A fire hit a Port of Santos terminal yesterday during the afternoon (11/27). According to firefighters, the fire had already been controlled by 5 pm.

The fire broke out in one of the equipment of the Cutrale orange juice company (conveyor belt), located on the Left Bank of the port complex, in Vicente de Carvalho, Guarujá.

The smoke could be seen from various points of the cities of Santos and Guarujá. Ten vehicles and 26 men from the Fire Brigade and the Fire Department of the SPA (Santos Port Authority) worked to contain the fire. The fire was also fought with the support of tugboats and a freighter in the port terminal, which collected seawater to cool the site.

No injuries were reported and there was no need to interrupt navigation on the Santos Port Canal. Cutrale informed that it will make an investigation to determine what happened, since the equipment maintenance is performed periodically.

With information from A Tribuna

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