Augusto 'Augie' Acabou and Wayne 'Bear' Brooks Jr. were killed in the blaze.
However, it did have electric vehicles onboard when it reached Baltimore, where they were offloaded, she said. The ship had taken on used vehicles in Newark and was destined to do the same in Providence, Rhode Island, before heading to West Africa, Rooney said.
She described the hold of the ship as "essentially a parking garage" with ramps and different levels. The cars on board had "but a spit" of gasoline in their tanks, she said, adding it was car components and other parts that were burning. He was taken to a hospital, where he died Thursday morning. Brooks died early Thursday morning after he was recovered.
Officials have acknowledged the fire department hadn’t recently done training on a ship like the Grande Costa d’Avorio, and that they’d be discussing training going forward.FOX 5 NY looks at the training firefighters need to fight this kind of fire.
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