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Smouldering fire on tank barge

On June 23, 2017, short before midnight the fire rescue Colonia was alerted to a fire on board the "Bitumina 3" at the Deutz-Yard in Mülheim by the crew of the tank barge which was under repair. Smoke plumes emerged from inside. The ship was loaded with bitumen. Between two tanks the fire fighters found smouldering insulation to be the cause of the fire. They were on scene with 13 vehicles and two fire boats. The fire could be put out soon, and at 1.30 a.m. the barge was handed back to its master. German report with photos: http://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rheinland/brand-auf-schiff-in-koeln-muelheim-100.html

Cobbling insulation causes smoke development

In the Rhine port of Mannheim the water police was notified about a potential dangerous goods leakage on board the "Bitumina III", 1207 ts (EU-No.: 04402090), on June 19, 2017, at 4.30 p.m. The ship had loaded about 818 tons of thermal oil. There was a slight smoke between two loaded compartments. Oil used to heat up the tanks had leaked onto the insulation of the pipes and started to coke, which led to the development of smoke. The dangerous goods were not affected at any time and there was no leakage of thermal oil either inside the tanker or outside. The alerted firefighters dismissed the heating pipe on the ship and removed the cobbling insulation. No people have been injured. The material damage could not yet be quantified. During the course of the day the cargo was lightered onto another tank barge.