Fire aboard cargo ship at Denmark extinguished after 12 hours

On May 30, 2011, a fire broke out in the scrap load aboard the “Rebecca Rausing” which could be extinguished only at 8.30 a.m. on May 31.

Thick smoke had spread over Överby and Björndalen so that residents were asked to stay indoors and keep windows shut. The port crane could lift the scrap of the ship, which helped in extinguishing the fire raging in the cargo of scrap cars on board the vessel which was moored at Stallbacka harbour in Trollhättan.

The fire broke out at 7.30 p.m. by yet unknown reasons. At 3 a.m. on May 31 the emergency services had the fire under control. However, the fire in the oily scrap metal flared up again in the morning, but at 8.30 a.m. the flames could finally be extinguished and damge assessment started.