The Korea Coast Guard deployed patrol vessels and a helicopter to the area as the PCTC made her way back to port.
Upon the ship’s arrival, she was boarded by local firefighting teams that had been dispatched to assist the crew.
The blaze was fully extinguished within an hour of the ship’s arrival at Jeju. Three trucks suffered damage from the fire while two crewmembers and two truck drivers were evacuated to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The coast guard and other local authorities have begun investigating the incident.
