Calmac ferry on fire

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matchmaker

Original Poster:

8,462 posts

199 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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I've seen a report on Facebook that the Calmac ferry Isle of Lewis is on fire off Mull. Tobermory Lifeboat is on scene and the ferry Loch Tarbert is heading for the scene.

From AIS:

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:...

Nothing on the news channels yet.

sherman

13,060 posts

214 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Oh dear. Its not going well for calmac this year.

thewarlock

3,234 posts

44 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Sounds like there was a small fire in a car on the vessel; the RNLI brought a few firefighters over on the boat to make sure the fire was out.

808 Estate

2,075 posts

90 months

Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Vehicle fires on car ferries arent good. Was involved in quite a bad one many years ago.

hidetheelephants

23,735 posts

192 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Occupational hazard on RoRo boats unfortunately.

BBC; vehicle fire on CalMac ferry


Edited by hidetheelephants on Thursday 24th June 18:21

matchmaker

Original Poster:

8,462 posts

199 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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Apparently a fridge in a campervan caught fire.

dxg

8,121 posts

259 months

Thursday 24th June 2021
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matchmaker said:
Apparently a fridge in a campervan caught fire.
A fire? In a seaparks?