The Roro ship De Delphine is located in the Brittaniadok, on the terminal of carrier CLDN. The fire originated on the car deck. 100 cars went up in flames. 60 of them are electric cars. For a moment the Rampplan was announced. “At the first moment it was because it was initially a very strong fire with a very severe smoke development. Fortunately, the wind was in the right direction, so that the black smoke did not go in the direction of Zeebrugge or Knokke-Heist, but to the sea. As a result, there was no danger to public health, and everything could be kept within limits.”
The fire brigade now fills the tanks with CO2 to be able to extinguish immediately if the fire would flare up again when opening the compartment. The fire brigade expects that they can only start the ventilation tomorrow morning.