A fire on board an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast has been extinguished

The oil tanker Annika, which was wrecked in the Baltic Sea after a fire, is towed to Rostock, Germany Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (Marks/dpa via AP)

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BERLIN (AP) — A fire that broke out on board an oil tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast has been extinguished, authorities said Saturday. The blaze didn't spread to the ship's load.

The maritime rescue service was alerted to the fire on board the German-flagged Annika , and shortly afterward took all seven crew members off the vessel. Black smoke from the tanker, which was carrying about 640 metric tons of oil, could be seen from the coast.

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