Three injured in yacht fire on Zaandam marina

By Janene Pieters on August 4, 2015 - 15:54
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Fire on a yacht in a Zaandam marina (Picture: Twitter/@rodejo21). (Fire on a yacht in a Zaandam marina (Picture: Twitter/@rodejo21))

Two pleasure yachts in a marina in Zaandam caught fire after an explosion on one of the vessels. Three people were injured.

The explosion happened around 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, presumably during work on the boat. A fire broke out which quickly spread to the adjacent vessel, a spokesperson for the fire department told NOS.

A spokesperson for the regional safety office confirmed to the Telegraaf that three people were injured and one of them had to be treated in a hospital.

The fire department towed one of the burning boats out of the marina and to a bicycle bridge in order to reach the fire more easily. The fire on the other ship was smaller. The fire department has extinguished both fire.

The fires caused a lot of smoke and a high plume of smoke could be seen for miles around.

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