Fire breaks out in engine room forcing ship's evacuation; 225 passengers rescued
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Fire breaks out in engine room forcing ship's evacuation; 225 passengers rescued

NL Times  

Rescue workers evacuated a passenger ship near Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant on Tuesday evening. There were 225 passengers on board when a fire was reported in the ship's engine room just after 4 p.m., the Midden en West Brabant Security Region confirmed. "All persons on board are safely aboard and there are no injuries," the emergency services office stated about 90 minutes later. The response was scaled up massively to a Grip 1 emergency at 4:45 p.m. "The ship is being evacuated together with the crew members and fire brigade," the office said. Water rescue specialists from the KNRM and teams from Rijkswaterstaat, the infrastructure agency, were also traveling to the area "to safely bring the passengers ashore."

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