India's INS Trikand carries out fire rescue operation off Djibouti coast

India's INS Trikand carried out a rescue operation following a fire outbreak on board a Cameroon-flagged commercial carrier off the coast of Djibouti. The vessel caught fire and killed two crew members.

According to the Indian Navy, There were 26 crew members, one British and 25 Indians, in MT Falcon, and 24 of them were rescued by merchant ships in the vicinity

INS Trikand was reported to have been deployed in the Gulf of Aden for maritime security operations, and it rendered critical firefighting, search and rescue assistance to the vessel.

The Navy in a post on X wrote, "24 out of 26 crew members (25 Indians & 1 British) who were able to evacuate the ship, were rescued by merchant ships in vicinity. A team of firefighting and medical specialists from INS Trikand boarded MT Falcon and recovered the mortal remains of two missing crew, braving intense heat, damaged structures and toxic fumes."

"The mortal remains were subsequently handed over to the Embassy of India in Djibouti," it said.

(With PTI inputs)