In so many ways the crew’s handling of both the HI-FOG and CO2 fire extinguishing systems was timely and good. CO2 remains the best solution for these types of events if there is a good maintenance system to ensure contents has not leaked. If the CO2 liquid level has dropped it will not discharge the appropriate design concentration on release so may not be able to extinguish the fire event.

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