After a five-day daring firefighting operation, the Coast Guard succeeded in dousing the fire on board Wan Hai 503 on Friday afternoon. However, thick smoke continued billow from the cargo hold.

The fire on *Wan Hai 503* follows closely on the sinking of the container vessel *MSC ELSA 3* off Kerala last month. In that case, the ship sank with hazardous cargo, prompting coastal safety alerts.

Mangaluru: Following the rescue of 18 crew members in the Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503 ship explosion, six of them were admitted to the AJ Hospital in Mangaluru on Tuesday.

The Singapore-flagged container vessel MV Wan Hai 503 has been ablaze in the Arabian Sea, approximately 42 nautical miles off the coast of Beypore, Kerala.

In a breakthrough, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) successfully enabled the towing of the fire-stricken Singapore-flagged container vessel MV Wan Hai 503, marking a major milestone in ongoing efforts ...

Thanking India for its rescue efforts, Chinese Embassy spokesperson Yu Jing posted on X, "On June 9, MV Wan Hai 503 encountered onboard explosion and fire 44 nautical miles off Azhikkal, Kerala.

Kozhikode: Singapore-flagged container ship Wan Hai 503, which caught fire 44 nautical miles off Azhikkal coast and is adrift, has 157 containers with dangerous cargo listed by International ...

"On June 9, MV Wan Hai 503 encountered an onboard explosion and fire 44 nautical miles off Azhikkal, Kerala. Of the total 22 crew members on board, 14 are Chinese, including 6 from Taiwan.

The Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503 was on its way to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, from the Sri Lankan port of Colombo on June 7 when it reported multiple explosions and a subsequent fire ...

The MV Wan Hai 503 is managed by Wan Hai Lines (Singapore) Pte Ltd, according to the port authority, which said it would investigate the incident. CNN has reached out to the company for comment.

The fire fighting operation is ongoing onboard the Singapore-registered container vessel Wan Hai 503, off the coast of India, as search and rescue operation for the four missing crew continues.