The 110 meter long self-propelled barge Goudvis 2 caught fire on the Outer Maas near Barendrecht, Netherlands. The fire started in the vessel’s engine room which disabled the Goudvis 2. The barge drifted until it ran aground off Koedoodse. The crew requested assistance with another barge, fire boat and KNRM lifeboat arriving on scene. Local firefighters were transferred onto the Goudvis 2 and the fire was extinguished within an hour. No reports of injuries or pollution released.
An offshore oil platform caught fire in the Gunashli oilfield in the Azerbaijan section of the Caspian Sea. The fire started after strong winds had damaged a gas pipeline on the platform. Some 32 crew were rescued even as bad weather has made rescue operations difficult. Weather in the area has strong winds and waves reaching up to 10 meters.
Conflicting reports state the number of crew on board the platform at the time of the fire. Numbers vary between 63 to 75 crew who were on board. Rescuers did recover 1 person who was killed in the fire, but the remaining crew were still reported as missing.
The 24 meter long, 191 gt fishing vessel Mar da Galega caught fire off Penuche, Portugal. The Mar da Galega was fishing for mackerel and hake when the crew were alerted to a fire in the engine room. The crew sealed off the compartment to contain the blaze and turned on the fire suppression system, but the system was unable to extinguish the blaze. The Mar da Galega requested assistance with several vessels coming to her aid. The fishing vessel was taken under tow to Peniche where the fire was finally extinguished. No reports of injuries to the six crew on board or pollution released.
