A fire was reported in a container of MV Interasia Tenacity, the Singapore-flagged container vessel, on Thursday morning while the vessel was sailing towards the Nhava Sheva port, near Mumbai, prompting the crew to seek assistance from the Indian Coast Guard, official sources said here.

The vessel was carrying 1,387 containers with 21 Filipino crew. It departed from Port Klang in Malaysia on June 8 and was scheduled to reach Nhava Sheva late on Friday night..