Salvage crews board a cargo ship burning off the Netherlands. The smoke and flames are easing
The Netherlands' coast guard says that salvage crews dealing with a cargo ship loaded with cars that has been burning for more than two days off the northern Dutch coast boarded the vessel for the first time as heat, flames and smoke eased THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Salvage crews dealing with a cargo ship loaded with cars that has been burning for more than two days off the northern Dutch coast board ed the vessel for the first time Friday as heat, flames and smoke eased, the Netherlands’ coast guard said. “In the course of the morning, after measurements by the recovery companies, it turned out that the temperature on board the Fremantle Highway had dropped sharply. The fire is still raging but decreasing. The smoke is also decreasing,” the coast guard said in a statement. Salvage workers board ed the ship and established “a new more robust towing connection,” the agency added. “This makes it easier to move the ship and keep it under control.” Government officials are now “l...