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Sea rescuers in actionBurning barge off Warnemünde - crew rescued

Leonie Meyer

 · 08.08.2024

Sea rescuers in action: Burning barge off Warnemünde - crew rescued
Burning naval launch off Warnemünde: The DGzRS rescue cruiser "ARKONA" brings the fire under control | Photo : Hotel Neptun Warnemünde
A German Navy launch caught fire and caused a commotion off the beach in Rostock-Warnemünde. The rescue cruiser "ARKONA" of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) quickly brought the fire under control

A fire broke out on a German Navy launch on Wednesday afternoon (8 August) within sight of the beach in Rostock-Warnemünde and was visible from afar. The crew made the emergency call "Mayday", whereupon the DGzRS rescue cruiser "ARKONA" set out and brought the fire under control. The accident occurred around 1.4 kilometres from the beach.

Column of smoke in Warnemünde - Crew rescued

The two marines were taken to hospital without serious injury. A lifeboat from the German Red Cross water rescue service brought them safely ashore. The firefighting was continued by the sea rescuers before the Rostock professional fire brigade and the Waterways and Shipping Administration took over.

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Investigation started

A tugboat finally brought the barge into the harbour of the Hohe Düne naval base. The waterway police have started an investigation.

Leonie Meyer

Leonie Meyer

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Leonie Meyer was born in Detmold in 1997. The passion for boating runs in her family: every year they spend their summer holidays in Croatia with their boat. Even as a child, she leafed through her father's BOOTE magazine.

After training as a design assistant at school, she moved to Magdeburg to study International Journalism. During this time, she completed an internship abroad at a German daily newspaper in Greece and an internship at BOOTE magazine. After graduating with a BA (2020), Leonie did a graduate internship in Mallorca. Her last stop was a cross-media traineeship at a daily newspaper in OWL. Leonie Meyer has been working as an editor in the watersports digital editorial team since 2023 and turned her passion into a career.

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