A handout picture obtained from the Havariekommando website shows cargo vessel Purple Beach loaded with fertilisers engulfed in smoke, west of Helgoland, Germany, yesterday. The fire, which started on Monday in one of its cargo holds, could not be extinguished and subsequently all crew have been evacuated.

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