River Rhine passenger ship caught fire

^{Photo credit: Brand- und Katastrophenschutz Stadt Speyer.}

In the early hours of December 16, the fire brigade and rapid response teams of the German city of Speyer announced in their social media that they were alerted to a passenger ship that had caught fire on the river Rhine, and was moored on the city of Speyer riverbank.

When the emergency services arrived at the passenger ship they found an overall critical situation, as around 150 passengers were said to be on board, plus the 50 crew.

The passenger ship had made it with its bow into the area of ​​a river jetty where the crew was just fastening a rope. At the stern of the passenger ship the flames were blazing from the ventilation slots in the engine room with thick smoke rising into the night.

The authorities mentioned that the passengers were all on the upper deck without any panic, as the crew had everything under control and they reported the most important thing in this situation “that there were no missing people and no injuries”.

The ship had to be secured at