A firefighting vessel tries to extinguish a fire on the car ferry Lisco Gloria in the Baltic Sea, yesterday after an explosion occurred at about midnight. The Lithuanian-flagged ferry had more than 200 people on board and was travelling from the German port of Kiel to Klaipeda, Lithuania. German authorities said that all passengers and crew members have been rescued.

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