A ship caught fire while docked at Port Newark in New Jersey on Wednesday, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.
The spokeswoman, Lenis Valens, said by phone early Thursday that Port Authority police officers had responded after 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday to a fire on a ship that was docked at the port.
Ms. Valens said she had no other details, including the status of the fire.
Representatives for the Newark Department of Public Safety, the Newark Fire Division, the United States Coast Guard and the New York Fire Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Port Newark Container Terminal, as the port is officially called, is 272 acres, or about a third the size of Central Park in Manhattan. The ports in New Jersey and neighboring New York State are owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The Port of New York and New Jersey is the largest container port on the East Coast and the second largest one in the United States, behind the Port of Los Angeles.
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