Originally Posted by
Tanker
If you had read the entire thread you would have learned that a ship in shipyard maintenance is different than a ship at sea. Most of the hatches couldn't be closed due to cables running between compartments, a situation which wouldn't happen at sea. Additionally, and most important, the Halon fire extinguisher system was not operational due to it also undergoing maintenance, Again a situation which wouldn't have happened at sea. So to summarize if the ship had been at sea when the fire occurred all the hatches would have been closed to isolate the fire and the halon fire extinguishing system would have been activated to put the fire out.
A ship at sea could be compartmented and a decision made to deploy Halon knowing all in the section will die from it. In port there is no way that decision could be made. It is standard everywhere to switch off halon when workers are in the area. Many have died because this was not done.