Brandslukningsøvelse i fabriksområde, formodentlig demonstration af slukning med kulsyre. Oversigtsbilleder af kajen ved Islands Brygge ved vintertide med lastskibet "Benny Skou", som losses. Samme sted er der udbrudt brand på M/S Takoradian fra Liverpool, der brændte 6. oktober 1948. Brandslukningen følges. Ødelæggelserne er omfattende.
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My father, Rowland Geoffrey Whittaker, was an apprentice seaman on the Takoradian that day, aged 18 yrs. He aid the fire was probably caused by a flicked cigarette that was thrown down by loading crew, and ignited Palm Oil is Number 3 hold. He stayed in Copenhagen while welded plates were fitted to it, then he sailed with it up the Kiel Canal to Bremen where it was repaired. He sailed on it years later, as second mate, by which time it had been renamed Takoradi Palm.