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Fire on a yacht in a Zaandam marina (Picture: Twitter/@rodejo21)
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Fire on a yacht in a Zaandam marina (Picture: Twitter/@rodejo21)
Tuesday, 4 August 2015 - 15:54
Three injured in yacht fire on Zaandam marina
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.
Een van de brandende boten is weggesleept door de brandweer. #Zaandam Volg live: http://t.co/JxFhBq7Tk7https://t.co/zFEzOOqh7Q
— NH Nieuws (@NHNieuws) August 4, 2015
Brand in haven zaandam pic.twitter.com/h9s8x8ySEj
— Iris Kranenburg (@Iriskranenburg) August 4, 2015
Weer een boot in de fik in Zaandam. En hoe. http://t.co/1I89TbuQgs via @ZaanstreekDB pic.twitter.com/jOoM8i6pzt
— JantinevandenHoven (@Jan10vdH) August 4, 2015