Eleven passengers evacuated from ferry after engine-room fire

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Dec 2, 2008, 6:44 GMT

Helsinki - Eleven passengers were evacuated early Tuesday after a fire broke out in the engine room on a car ferry en route from Finland to Sweden, the marine rescue centre in the Finnish city Turku reported. None of the passengers or 28-strong crew was injured in the fire on the Sea Wind ferry, a spokeswoman for the Estonia-based group Tallink Silja told Finnish radio. The ferry, which drifted on the Baltic Sea, was later towed to a sheltered location off the Aland Islands, located in the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden. A Finnish rescue helicopter flew the passengers to Mariehamn on the Aland Islands. Other vessels near the stricken vessel were also alerted, and a Swedish rescue helicopter flew to Mariehamn as backup. The fire was believed to have caused by a leak in the fuel system.

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