In northern Norway, in the port of Kirkenes, the Russian fishing vessel Tamango caught fire. This was reported by the Sør-Varanger Avis newspaper, citing local police.
There were 22 crew members on board the trawler, none of them was injured, all were evacuated ashore, the newspaper writes.
Trawler under construction capsized at a plant in Leningrad region
According to the police, the fire on the ship began at 13:00 (14:00 Moscow time) in the hold of the ship. The causes of the fire have not yet been reported.
In July, as a result of a fire on a small boat in the Khabarovsk Territory, one person died. According to the transport prosecutor’s office, a ship belonging to the Zapovednoye Priamurye, Shantarsky branch, was discovered in the Sea of Okhotsk between Cape Kupriyanovsky and Ekaterina Bay.
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