A car tire is on fire on the ferry MS Stena Scandica outside Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea, reports Aftonbladet. According to the Swedish Maritime Administration, there will be 300 people on board, write the newspaper. The fire is happening close to the Salvorev nature reserve, which is an important nesting area for seabirds and a spawning area for fish. – We have alerted all available units, pilot boats, helicopters and other vessels in the vicinity to rescue the persons, says Lisa Mjörning, spokeswoman for the Maritime Administration to Aftonbladet. There is currently no information on the state of the damage. The report about the fire came at 12.40. The ferry runs between Nynäshamn in Sweden and Ventspils in Latvia. The ferry has a capacity of 970 passengers.
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