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Fishing vessel ablaze off Faroes

The “Vesturland” caught fire on Jan 7, 2017, about 80 miles southwest of the Faroes islands. The crew of 10 was evacuated by a helicopter of Atlantic Airways. The patrol boats “Brimil” and “Vædderen” were deployed to the blazing ships. The “Vædderen” arrived on scene at 5.30 p.m., but due to the severe weather and the immense heat of the fire she could not intervene. At 10.30 p,m. the “Brimil” started fighting the fire but to no avail. In the morning of Jan 8 the fire had calmed down a bit, and the “Vædderen” could start spraying foam onto the hull from a dinghy. The blazing fishing vessel was then taken in tow by the “Brimil” and taken to Skala, still smouldering, where the fire brigade was ready to put the fire finally out. Reports with photos and video: http://visserijnieuws.punt.nl/content/2017/01/Brand-op-VN-307-Vesturland-video http://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/doegn_rapporten/Pages/D%C3%B8gnrapporten09-01-2017.aspx http://emilpall.123.is/blog/record/759059/ http://portal.fo/video+vesturland+kolast+upp+a+opnum+havi.html http://portal.fo/fleiri+myndir+verda+a+skala+vid+vesturlandi+fyrrapartin.html https://kvf.fo/greinar/2017/01/09/koma-skala-i-morgun http://nordlysid.fo/video+vesturland+brennur.html