THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A fire on a freight ship bring almost 3,000 automobiles was burning out of control Wednesday in the North Sea, killing one team member and hurting others, the Dutch coast guard stated.
The company stated it was working to conserve the vessel from sinking close to an crucial environment for migratory birds.
Boats and helicopters were utilized to get the 23 team members off the ship after they attempted unsuccessfully to put out the blaze, the coast guard stated in a declaration. The cause of the blaze wasn’t rightaway understood, and it wasn’t clear how the team member passedaway.
The Fremantle Highway was cruising from the German port of Bremerhaven to Singapore when it captured fire about 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of the Dutch island of Ameland.
As the blaze continued throughout the day, a salvage business sentout an professional to examine the possibility of attaching a cabletelevision to the ship that might be utilized to tow it, the coast guard stated.
Some of the team members leapt off the ship’s deck into the sea and were selected up by a lifeboat, the lifeboat’s captain informed Dutch broadcaster NOS. Some of the team suffered damaged bones, burns and breathing issues and were taken to healthcenters in the northern Netherlands, emergencysituation services stated.
“Currently, there are a lot of vessels on scene to display the scenario and to see how to get the fire under control,” coast guard representative Lea Versteeg stated by phone.
“But it’s all depending on weathercondition and the damage to the vessel. So we’re presently working out to see how we can make sure that … the least bad situati