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When I was on the Bamenda Palm in 1964 we were homeward bound fully loaded . In no.4 hold we had sacks of palm kernals which can self combust if if they get too hot, so the corners of each hold were kept open to let in air, but at night the hold was battened down. One morning when the hold was opened you could feel heat coming from below and smoke was billowing out. Myself and another AB were told to put on BA and look for the source, to say it was scary is an understatement but luckily the two sacks that had caught fire were near the top so we soon got them out. The rest of the journey was uneventful.
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