A fire on a cargo ship carrying almost 3,000 cars off the coast of the Dutch island of Ameland has left one sailor dead and 22 others hurt. A Dutch coastguard spokesman said the fire was probably caused by one of 25 electric vehicles on board the ship. The cargo ship left the port of Bremerhaven in northern Germany at around 15:00 local time on Tuesday on course for Port Said in Egypt. The immediate challenge for emergency crews at the scene is to extinguish the fire and keep the cargo ship afloat. Last year a cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars caught fire and sank off the Azores.

Source: The Star July 27, 2023 04:14 UTC