Water transport A ship sinks in the center of Tampere – the rescue service set up oil booms, but “it is the owner’s responsibility to take care of the property”

Pirkanmaa the rescue service has received several calls during Tuesday from the sinking ship in the Ratina embankment on the Ratina coastal road.

Firefighter on duty at the Pirkanmaa Rescue Department Heikki Havukainen says the ship has been tilted and sinking “for some time”. The Pirkanmaa Rescue Department has previously placed oil spill booms in the vicinity of the ship to prevent oils from spreading into the water. In addition, the ship is moored ashore.

“The matter is under scrutiny and the owner is aware of it. The owner should take care of the follow-up. The rescue service has been involved in the initial situation and has taken oil spill response measures, but it is the owner’s responsibility to take care of the property, ”says Havukainen.

Coniferous could not tell when the oil spill began, but on Tuesday morning the rescue department last visited the site.

“The emergency center was told during the day that there had been several reports of the ship during the day, but it has not led to action.”

Editor of Aamulehti Sari Rautanen says on Tuesday at 7.15pm from the scene that the smell of oil is felt strongly at the ship. It was so dark outside that the oil could not be separated from the surface of the water.

According to Rautanen, the ship appeared to be “pretty much as skewed” as it was in the pictures taken during the day.

This is what the sinking ship looked like at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Picture: Sari Rautanen / Aamulehti

The oil smells strongly around the ship. Picture: Sari Rautanen / Aamulehti