The seven crew members who were rescued from a burning oil tanker in the Baltic Sea have been released from hospital. The engine room of the tanker “Annika” caught fire near Heiligendamm. The fire was eventually extinguished from land in Rostock.
The 73 meter long ship was last moored west of Kühlungsborn and was said to be carrying 640 tons of oil. The “Annika” was en route from Rostock to Travemünde when the fire broke out in the stern of the ship on Friday morning. The emergency call was received by rescuers shortly after 9 a.m.
The fire is currently believed to have started in the paint room and not the engine room, a spokesman for the German Emergency Command in the overseas port of Rostock said.
According to previous information from the Schwerin Ministry of the Environment, no water pollution has occurred so far.
The Baltic Sea is considered one of the busiest seas in the world. About 2,000 large ships sail there every day, including tankers with up to 100,000 tons of cargo on board.
Source: Krone
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