The aft section of the ship, the accommodation area, was reported destroyed
Turkish tanker NAZO S, with twelve crew onboard, at around 18:30 on 21 June, went up in flames. The fire, according to the first indicated information, came about due to an electrical short circuit. The Nazo S caught fire at 37km from the Italian coast Civitanovese. The aft section of the ship, the accommodation area, was reported destroyed.
All twelve of the seafarers of the ship were rescued by three patrol boats from Ancona harbour. The harbour master put into place all necessary procedures to prevent possible damage to the environment. A Pescara Coast Guard plane took off to douse the flames and continued to monitor the situation.The tanker appeared devoid of oil cargo.
The alarm occurred in the afternoon, said the maritime authorities of Croatia, who alerted the Operations Centre of Rome and the general command of the harbour authorities. The Maritime Directorate of Ancona, who coordinated the rescue, immediately launched three Coast Guard patrol boats – from the capital, San Benedetto del Tronto and from Civitanova Marche – and contacted three vessels in the area.
One of these – the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged container “Annamarie” – had reached the ship on fire and rescued the 12 crew who had abandoned the vessel and had boarded a lifeboat.
Source: OCEANUSLive.org
