A fire broke out in a Swedish passenger wheel about 300 people waiting for rescue

Xinhua News Agency, Stockholm, August 29 (Reporter and Miao) A fire broke out on the 29th in the waters near Gehsha Island, Sweden. Due to the drifting of the sea for several hours, about 300 people were waiting for rescue. Reports on casualties have not yet been received.

According to Ruitong News Agency, the fire was caused by a refrigerated container parking on the car deck layer. There were about 300 people on the passenger ship. The fire was extinguished about two hours after the heavily, but the power off -power cutting caused by the fire caused the passenger ship to lose power and drifted over the sea for several hours. The Swedish rescue department had decided to implement all the evacuation that night.

Swedish TV quoted Hallestlen, the person in charge of the rescue of the Coast Guard, saying that in addition to the possibly shipping ship, the passenger ship also faced the risk of oil leakage. He said that he is now calling all resource evacuation and rescue passengers and crew, but "the situation may deteriorate at any time."

According to local media reports, the currently relied on helicopter to withdraw from passenger ships, but the wind speed of the sea in the evening was large, and the unfavorable weather conditions brought difficulties to rescue work. At the request of the maritime department, a passenger ship planned to Gobran is going to the waters of the incident to prepare to accept the evacuation personnel. Finnish rescue helicopters also rushed to the seas of the event to participate in the rescue.

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