Barge Fire in Maashaven
On the morning of May 27, a barge caught fire on the Nieuwe Maas River while berthed at Maashaven in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The fire ignited in a barge containing household waste resulting in clouds of smoke from the hold. Area residents were asked to keep windows and doors closed from the smoke. The local fire brigade and the 28 meter long fireboat RPA 10 were called to the scene. Their efforts got the fire under control a short time later and the blaze was extinguished within a few hours.
No reports of injuries. Damage to the barge from the fire was not disclosed. The barge would be later towed to Rozenburg where the waste cargo is to be unloaded.