The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a...
NEWARK, N.J. — The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship said Friday a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo onto the ship caused the fire. Relatives of Newark firefighters Captains Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr.
” Mark Apostolos, an attorney for the families, said his firm's investigation determined that a Jeep Wrangler being used to push cargo on board the ship was observed to have been emitting smoke from its engine compartment several hours before the fire began. “Despite that, those men continued to use that Jeep Wrangler until it started a blaze,” he said. “That Jeep Wrangler ended up causing a massive inferno to take place aboard the ship's top decks.
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Families say faulty vehicle caused cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefightersThe families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship say a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo caused the fire. Relatives of Newark firefighters Augusto Acabou and Wayne Brooks Jr. say upcoming litigation will blame the Italian shipping company that owned the ship, as well as two stevedore companies involved in loading the vessel. The two firefighters died battling a fire that broke out July 5 when the Grande Costa d’Avorio caught fire in Port Newark. A Coast Guard investigation into the cause is ongoing. The shipping company did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
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