AMSTERDAM — One particular person died and a number of other others had been damage when a fireplace broke out on a cargo ship carrying automobiles off the northern tip of Netherlands, forcing a number of crew members to leap overboard, the Dutch coastguard stated on Wednesday.
The Panama-registered Fremantle Highway was transporting 2,857 automobiles from Germany to Egypt, 25 of them electrical.
An electrical automotive was the suspected supply of the blaze, a coastguard spokesperson stated, including that the ship was nonetheless burning.
The 199-metre ship, which had departed from the German port of Bremerhaven, was efficiently towed out of delivery lanes early on Wednesday, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported.
The ship was crusing 27 km (17 miles) north of the Dutch island of Ameland, with 23 crew onboard, when the hearth began on Tuesday night time, a press release stated.
The crew had tried, however failed, to extinguish the hearth, the coastguard assertion stated.
The injured crew had been taken by helicopter to medical amenities on the mainland. They suffered smoke inhalation, or had been damage throughout the evacuation, a spokesperson stated.
A spokesperson for Shoei Kisen Kaisha, a Japanese ship leasing firm that manages the Fremantle Highway, was not instantly accessible for remark.
It is the newest fireplace to hit a automotive provider.
Earlier this month, two New Jersey firefighters had been killed and 5 injured whereas battling an intense blaze on a cargo ship carrying a whole lot of autos. A fireplace destroyed 1000’s of luxurious automobiles on a ship off the coast of Portugal’s Azores islands in February final yr. — Reuters
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
