• Shocked truck drivers were recovering in Dunkerque on Tuesday
26th May 1988, Page 7
26th May 1988
Page 7
Page 7, 26th May 1988
— • Shocked truck drivers were recovering in Dunkerque on Tuesday
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after an overnight fire seriously damaged Sealink's freightonly Channel ferry Sea Freight Freeway, with 40 trucks aboard.
One crewman died and another was badly injured in the blaze, which started in the engine room of the Dover to Zeebrugge ferry, 40Iun from the Kent coast.
Three trucks with hazardous loads were on the ship, but on an upper vehicle deck, well away from the fire. Firefighters from Belgium and Kent took three hours to contain the blaze, thought to have been caused by a split fuel pipe.
The vessel, which was half full, was towed to Dunkerque.