Authorities were racing Thursday to prevent a possible ecological disaster off the Dutch coast where a blaze raged aboard a car carrier ship for a second day. ECRNewsWatch
The Fremantle Highway, a Panamanian-flagged vessel, remained tethered to a salvage ship but was drifting westwards following a fire that broke out on board late on Tuesday.
Firefighting vessels have had to stop spraying the ship to cool it down"in order to prevent too much water coming on board" as it affected the ship's stability, the coastguard said.- Electric cars - Several ships were on the scene, including the emergency tug boat Guardian"where a salvaging team is on board, monitoring the situation and planning an operation", the coastguard said.
"The risk of an environmental disaster is always present," Granneman told BNR news radio. "You have to take into account a scenario in which the ship capsizes or sinks."
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