The fire began on Tuesday night on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway, which was en route from Germany to Egypt, forcing several crew members to jump overboard. Dutch broadcaster NOS said all the crew were Indian.
The coastguard said on its website that the cause of the fire was unknown, but a coastguard spokesperson had earlier told Reuters it began near an electric car. Roughly 25 out 2,857 vehicles on the ship were electric. Molenaar told NOS some people were injured jumping into the water, while one crew member had died in the flames.
Coastguard spokesperson Edwin Granneman said salvage experts were trying to work out the next steps for the burning boat.
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