Chief Engineer Onboard INS Viraat Dies After Minor Fire, 3 Injured

Reported incident of stream leak and a “minor fire” on the ship’s boiler rooms.

One sailor was killed and three others were injured after a fire broke out on-board India’s soon to be decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat in Goa.

The ship reported incident of stream leak and a “minor fire” on one of the ship’s boiler rooms late on Sunday afternoon.

While he claimed that the incident was quickly brought under control, four sailors sustained injuries while combating the fire. One of them, Chief Engineer Mechanic Ashu Singh was critical, having suffered smoke inhalation.

He was shifted to the Naval Hospital in Goa where he suffered a cardiac arrest and died. The other three are “under treatment and out of danger”.

‘Viraat’, one of the two aircraft carrier that India is operating, is expected to sail back to Mumbai soon.