A boat at Hinsholmen in Gothenburg was completely engulfed in flames on land shortly after 9:30 PM on Wednesday evening. Firefighting is underway with a small resource package on site. When the rescue service arrived, the boat was engulfed in flames with large smoke clouds spreading over the area, and some adjacent boats may have been affected. The fire has been mostly extinguished, dampened down properly, and crews are working on the last part now. No one was injured in the incident.
In Fredrikstad, the fire department was dispatched to Borg harbor around 11:30 PM on Saturday after employees reported heavy smoke from a pile of metal scrap stored on the quay. The first message from crews indicated a heavy fire in a garbage pile with lots of scrap, open flames, and a lot of black smoke. Shortly after the fire started, a crane operator switched the grabber on the crane to one that could hold water. The metal pile had been placed at the harbor three days ago as an intermediate station before transport. This is the first time such a fire has happened inside the actual harbor, though they have experienced fires in metal piles before, and it could easily have become much larger if it had spread to other piles. After a short time, the police reported that people were okay, and no one inhaled smoke or suffered other injuries. The smoke drifted toward the harbor's nearby area, Kongsten, and a blanket of light gray smoke moved toward Kråkerøy and Fredrikstad city center, with residents recommended to keep doors and windows closed. Six fire trucks and about 15 people from the fire department were sent to extinguish the fire, which is now out, though crews will remain on site overnight.
In Stockholm, a driverless electric boat caught fire at Pampas marina. According to witnesses on site, there should have been a bang from the boat. The police state that it is the rescue service's matter, and it is a boat that has started smoking there. The police have filed a report about a fire without suspicion of a crime.
On Tjønnøya island in Frøya municipality, a fire was reported in a boathouse at 10:00 PM, which spread to a nearby cabin. At 10:36 PM, the fire department reported that they are in the process of getting control of the fire. The police will investigate the case tomorrow. At 10:58 PM, the 110-center Midt-Norge stated that the fire department is still on site. Crews are working on extinguishing but feel they have control, and according to reports, they were a little afraid of spread due to dry terrain, but it went fine. Two residents in a cabin reported the fire, and no persons were in the boathouse when it started burning. Police have not been on site because there is no mainland connection from the island and it is difficult to get there.
In Helsinki, a fire broke out on the icebreaker Sisu on Thursday while the ship was at the quay at Katajanokka. According to the rescue service, it was a small fire start in connection with repair work. The ship's crew initially extinguished the fire before the rescue service arrived, whose task was only to inquire and check the premises. Seven rescue service units were sent to the ship, and the shipping company and police are investigating the cause of the fire.
In Kvinnheradsfjorden, the fire department was dispatched with a boat from Husnes to a fire on board the engine room of a fish farm boat on Tuesday. The fire crew is on board, and the fire is isolated in the engine. A self-extinguishing system with CO2 gas has been started, which is being poured into the engine. About ten minutes later, the fire is reported extinguished. Two people were on board when it started burning, and the boat is now being towed to land.
In Ålesund, two people were not injured after their boat took in water at Hessafjorden while they were fishing. They were on their way toward land when the boat went down in the foreshore stones. The fireboat was quickly on the scene and the two were taken to safety before the boat went down, with the rescue boat also on the scene. Police are not opening a case on the incident.
Additionally, the rescue service was alerted that a boat near Herstaberg was burning.