Compressor blamed for fire

A FIRE in the engine room of one of the world’s few coal-burning merchant ships was caused by an overheating air compressor, an inquiry has found. 
The fire began after an explosion on 10 February last year when the 76,358dwt River Embley was at anchor at Gladstone, Queensland, at the end of a bauxite run from Weipa. The vessel and sister River Boyne are bareboat chartered to Rio Tinto Alcan subsidiary QAL and are powered by coal-fired steam turbines. 
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Source: Safety at Sea