Investigators are probing the cause of an explosion aboard a coal-carrying cargo ship that shook the Port of Baltimore in the US on Monday evening as it set sail for East Africa.
The blast, which lit up the night sky with towering flames and a thick plume of dark smoke over the Patapsco River, prompted the closure of the Port of Baltimores main shipping waterway. No injuries were reported.
According to an AP report, the incident occurred near the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in March 2024 when the container ship Dali lost power and crashed into a bridge support, claiming six lives. That incident affected port operations for months.