The ship is in Estonia’s area of responsibility, but the Finnish rescue units are on their way to the ship.
Sea rescue The command center in Helsinki has received information about a fire on a merchant ship off Porkkala.
It is the oil tanker Alexia that was on its way to Turkey. The Finnish navy ship Tornio and the Estonian Helios have already arrived at Alexia.
According to the latest information, there is no smoke coming out of the ship.
According to the coast guard, Finnish MIRG groups with sea rescue helicopters and surface ships are going to the destination.
The MIRG group is a marine rescue group whose mission is to rescue the crew and passengers from the danger zone and extinguish fires.
The task is in Estonia’s maritime rescue area of responsibility and Estonia leads the rescue operations.
The Coast Guard reported the fire on its Twitter account at 11:41 a.m.
The news is updated.
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