An electrical fire that started below deck of the container ship One Henry Hudson in the Port of Los Angeles tonight prompted an emergency response, but no injuries were reported.

The fire was reported around 6:38 p.m. Friday with 124 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responding, according to the department’s Lyndsey Lantz. Personnel from the Long Beach Fire Department and Port Police also assisted.

Fire was visible on several levels of the 1,100-foot vessel as LAFD crews worked to confirm all 23 crew members were accounted for and safely off the ship while identifying the fire’s source and working to contain it. Port Police and Customs personnel helped with crew leave the ship,Lantz said.

LAFD HazMat teams monitored air quality as suppression efforts continued in the ship’s sub-lev

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