Posted on 10/09/2010 6:33:26 PM PDT by skully
BERLIN — A 650-foot ferry was ablaze in the Baltic Sea on Saturday after an explosion on the upper deck, and firefighting ships were spraying the vessel with water to keep it from breaking apart and spilling some 170 tons of fuel, officials said.
There were 249 people aboard who were rescued by six ships that moved in to help after the explosion on the Lisco Gloria around midnight. Three were taken to hospitals by helicopter and another 26 were slightly injured, police said.
German officials and the ferry operator said the blast was not a terror attack, but appeared to have been a technical mishap.
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Even the Euro-peons have the same m.o. as DHS and the FBI have in regards to automatically saying that an event doesn’t have anything to do with terrorism.
A technical mishap. The flaming ship is evacuated. Hate it when that happens.
Well the Europeans to their credit do not elect muslims to run their countries. Europe also has Geert Wilders while America has brainwashed idiots who watch Saudi owned TV networks spewing garbage. There is no one in America with Geert Wilders guts.
More than 200 rescued from burning Baltic Sea ferry
There's a video at the link. The boat it toast.
You forgot the “Hold my vodka and tonic”.
I just love a good Flaming Ferry post on a Saturday night...
There are some rays of light still left in Europe.
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