Samudra Prahari, Sachet, Vikram, and Samarth — with helicopters, are positioned around the vessel for firefighting and coordinating pollution response in case of any oil or chemical spill.

Indian Navy, Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), and ship salvage partners, are undertaking the firefighting operations.

The Indian Coast Guard says an explosion and fire have been reported onboard a Singapore-flagged container ship off the coast of Kerala in southern India.