Stena Scandica

The ferry is the 222-meter RoPax Stena Scandica, which operates on the Baltic Sea between Nynäshamn, Sweden and Ventspils, Latvia, with a capacity of 970 ...

Boats and helicopters have been standing by to aid in the rescue operation if necessary. It sails under the Danish flag. The blaze has been contained, though some smoke can still be seen rising from the vessel, according to local media.

The Swedish ferry company said 241 passengers and 58 crew members were onboard the vessel, which was travelling from Nynashamn in Sweden to Ventspils in Latvia.

The fire appears to have spread from a refrigerated truck on the car deck, authorities say. Swedish media report that the fire broke out on board the Stena Scandica ship on Monday afternoon, while it was sailing north of the island of Gotland. A large rescue operation was launched off the coast of Sweden after a car ferry with 300 people on board caught fire.

A fire in a reefer unit on a truck is ablaze on the 35,456-gt Stena Scandica (built 2005) while the ferry was on route from Port of Norvik in Sweden to Port ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A fire was reported Monday on a passenger ferry carrying nearly 300...

A fire that broke out on a car ferry carrying 300 people off Sweden's coast on Monday has been extinguished and the ship will be towed to port, ...

concentrated to a cooling truck on the car deck. "The ferry will be towed to port in the next three to four hours", she said, adding that it would be towed to Nynashamn, south of Stockholm. A fire that broke out on a car ferry carrying 300 people off Sweden's coast on Monday has been extinguished and the ship will be towed to port, Swedish maritime authorities said.

A fire that erupted aboard a Stena Line ferry on Monday while it was carrying passengers and vehicles across the Baltic Sea has been fully extinguished, ...

A fire has been reported on passenger ferry in the Baltic Sea with nearly 300 people but officials said the blaze — which was described as “limited” — was ...

“The ferry has stopped,” he said. The fire was on a refrigerated truck. No one was reported injured.

We can confirm that a fire occurred at 12:29 on the Stena Scandica on route from Port of Norvik in Sweden to Port of Ventspils in Latvia, carrying 241 ...

Our focus is now to take care of the situation and to support passengers and crew. The fire is located to a reefer unit on a truck and the crew are currently working on extinguishing the fire using the extinguishing system onboard. We can confirm that a fire occurred at 12:29 on the Stena Scandica on route from Port of Norvik in Sweden to Port of Ventspils in Latvia, carrying 241 passengers and 58 crew.

Fire erupted on car deck of ferry STENA SCANDICA at around 1240 LT (UTC +2) Aug 29, in Baltic sea SW of ...

[STENA SCANDICA](/vessels/stena-scandica_9329849_55355/) at around 1240 LT (UTC +2) Aug 29, in Baltic sea SW of Gotska Sandon island. [https://www.fleetmon.com/services/vessel-risk-rating/](https://www.fleetmon.com/services/vessel-risk-rating/) Fire reportedly, was extinguished by the crew, car (car tyres) caught fire, with a lot of smoke, so main problem probably, was smoke, not fire itself.

Stena Scandia is blacked out and drifting after a fire on the vehicle deck (Photo: Mikael Grape, Maritime Agency's SAR helicopter).

Swedish authorities said after the fire was extinguished that they did not believe an evacuation would be required. They had been preparing for an evacuation but reported after an hour and a half that the fire was extinguished by the crew using the vessel’s onboard systems. Stena confirmed that a fire had been discovered on the vehicle deck of the vessel at around 12:30 p.m.

Swedish and Finnish rescue services began evacuating families and elderly passengers from a fire-stricken Swedish ferry in the Baltic sea late on Monday, ...

"But the situation is calm and under control," the person added. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com "We are evacuating families with children and the elderly.

Stena Scandia is blacked out and drifting after a fire on the vehicle deck (Photo: Mikael Grape, Maritime Agency's SAR helicopter).

Swedish authorities said after the fire was extinguished that they did not believe an evacuation would be required. They had been preparing for an evacuation but reported after an hour and a half that the fire was extinguished by the crew using the vessel’s onboard systems. Stena confirmed that a fire had been discovered on the vehicle deck of the vessel at around 12:30 p.m.