A fire broke out in the engine room of the Dutch-flagged container ship Escape, while it was sailing in the Gulf of Riga in Latvia on 22 February.
All the crew members of the vessel abandoned the ship after unsuccessful attempts to extinguish the fire. The 15 seafarers evacuated the vessel using a lifeboat before a nearby cargo ship Kairit transfer them to Riga.
The cause of the fire incident is still unknown and it is not yet clear whether Escape was carrying hazardous cargo. The route of the...
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