The Coast Guard, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark Fire Department, and multiple state and area agencies respond to a fire in Port Newark on the vehicle carrier ship, Grande Costa D’Avorio. (Dan Henry/U.S. Coast Guard )
(Tribune News Service) — A new U.S. Coast Guard report on the deadly Port Newark fire raises new questions about the training of those who battled the blaze aboard a cargo ship loaded with second hand vehicles bound for West Africa that led to the deaths of two firefighters in July.
