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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

Burning cargo ship off Dutch coast will be towed to a new location after flames and smoke subsided

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Salvage crews were preparing Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said.

Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said.

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