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Fire off Heligoland remained unreported

During an inspection on Oct 10, 2019 in the port of Bützfleth/Stade officers of the water police Stade remarked that the office of the 'Francesco Corrado' was gutted by a fire. Durin their investigations they found out that the fire had already been on Oct 6 while the ship was at anchor off Heliugoland and extinguished by the crew. The cause of the fire was a technical malfunction of the charging station of a VHF radio. The authorities had not been informed. An investigations was thus launched against the 52 year old, Bulgarian captain of the vessel. The ship was detained in port. In addition, violations of international marine environmental protection and ballast water conventions have been identified and prosecuted. The ship had come from Jors Lasfar and was destined to proceed to Vysotsk. The ship left the pier in Bützfleth on Oct 14 at 10 a.m. and headed to Vysotsk with an ETA as of Oct 18. German report with photo: https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/119277/4399224