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Fire on tanker at scrapyard
In the afternoon of Oct 7, 2013, at 3.30 p.m. a fire broke out aboard the "Joachim" at the DA Schiffsverwertung in the industry port of Papenburg. The fire broke out in a tank of the barge. Attempts of the yard workers to extinguish the flames failed. Due to strong development of smoke the fire rescues of Untenende, Obenende und Aschendorf, which attended with on the whole more than 70 men and 14 engines, used rebreathers while tackling the fire with foam and water. Then they searched the ship for remaining hot spots and ventilated the hall in which the hull was resting. No pollution was reported after the fire which probably was caused by enflamement of lube oil. German report with photo: http://www.noz.de/lokales/papenburg/artikel/418922/papenburg-feuer-auf-abwrackwerft
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