Mangalore : In an incident, three merchant ships and a trawler caught fire accidentally, incurring a huge loss of Rs. 1.3 crore at Kasaba Bengre at 4:00 p.m.
The two merchant ships named ‘Abbas’ and ‘Mustafa’ used to sail to Lakshadweep and the third ‘Hashmi Madath’ to Kolkata.
In spite of the arrival of six fire engines and fire department personnel from Kadri, Pandeshwar, and NMPT, the local people helped to douse the flames.
Apart from it, trawler called Karavali owned by Hameed was damaged incurring the loss of Rs. 5 lakh.