EMERGENCY services have been working "through the night" at an incident involving 7,000 tonnes of scrap metal.
More than 50 firefighters from Redbridge, St Mary's, Hightown and Romsey and the service headquarters battled the blaze after scrap metal caught fire on a ship.
The ship is currently in the dry dock.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue have said that all persons on the ship have been accounted for.
The Coastguard and relevant environmental agencies have also been notified.
Crews from 8 stations across Hampshire are in attendance at a ship fire in Southampton Docks. Fire is in the cargo hold containing scrap metal #Southampton @ABPSouthampton
— Hants Fire Control (@hfrs_control) May 25, 2018
A spokesperson for ABP said the fire is on a scrap ship. “Nobody is hurt everybody is accounted for."It’s something that happens sometimes with scrap ships, it’s a reaction with the metals.”
Tonight Southamtpon's coastguard rescue team said they will "be working through the night to assist Hampshire Fire and Rescue at the King George V dry dock fire."
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