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Day: April 4, 2014

Zina

Zina

Photo: nos.nl
Photo: nos.nl

The 181 meter long cargo vessel Zina suffered a fire while berthed at Amsterdam, Netherlands.  The vessel had several containers of phosphine on its deck which caught fire.  Nine crew were injured by the smoke and were taken to hospital.  Local fire brigade arrived on scene and fought the fire using dry sand.  The barrels were removed by a crane. Damage to the vessel was not reported.