A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire in the North Sea and a crew member is killed
Source: Associated Press
A freighter carrying nearly 3,000 cars catches fire in the North Sea and a crew member is killed
BY MIKE CORDER
Updated 12:33 PM EDT, July 26, 2023
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A fire on a freight ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars was burning out of control Wednesday in the North Sea, killing one crew member and injuring others, the Dutch coast guard said.
The agency said it was working to save the vessel from sinking close to an important habitat for migratory birds.
Boats and helicopters were used to get the 23 crew members off the ship after they tried unsuccessfully to put out the blaze, the coast guard said in a statement. The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately known, and it wasn’t clear how the crew member died.
The Fremantle Highway was sailing from the German port of Bremerhaven to Singapore when it caught fire about 27 kilometers (17 miles) north of the Dutch island of Ameland.
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