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The six crew members were rescued when a fishing boat began to burn outside Røvær, in northern Rogaland. The boat was working overtime when the crew went to the rescue fleet.
"All six boarded the lifeboat and were then rescued aboard two other ships, three by boat," said rescue chief Erik Willassen at the National Rescue Center in southern Norway. NTB.
The ship is named Astrid Sofie and belongs to BK Fisk in Lindesnes. The 32 meter long boat is almost new, it was built in 2016, according to the fishing portal.
HRS was informed of the fire at 16:56.
"No crew member was seriously injured," Willassen said.
The six passengers struggled to get their own life raft. According to Stavanger Aftenblad, one of the boats arrived was ejected from his life raft, so that the six wounded could embark on it.
Shortly after 7 pm, the Southwest Police District announced that the six boats had been brought ashore by the boats in which they had been rescued and that they had already obtained medical surveillance on the wharf. . Three of them had been breathing smoke, but no other health assistance was needed.
The fishing boat was in full blast when the crew decided to abandon the boat. A helicopter was running during the accident shortly after 5:30 pm, but it proved useless. Several other vessels in the area also participated in the rescue operations.
At 19:40, Åsmund Berg Nilsen from the Coastal Emergency Service informed NRK that the boat was still on fire.
– It always burns and flows out of the ground. Coastguards are on the way and nearby ships are being warned, he said.
The Coast Guard crew at KV Sortland announced Wednesday at 10:15 that he was still trying to extinguish the ship's fire, writes Sysla.
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