All crew members—including those severely injured and the person who died—-have been removed by helicopters and lifeboats, officials said.
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At least one crew member died after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship carrying nearly 3,000 cars in the North Sea, according to officials, over a year after another ship carrying thousands of vehicles caught fire and sank.Key Facts
The Indian Embassy in the Netherlands said Wednesday that a fire aboard the “Fremantle Highway” ship—owned by the Japanese ship leasing firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha—killed one crew member and injured 20 others.
The ship was traveling from the German port of Bremerhaven to Singapore before catching fire 17 miles north of the Dutch island of Ameland, according to the Associated Press.
