Fire breaks out on an oil tanker off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast. All 7 crew members are rescued

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast and all seven crew members were rescued. The German Maritime Search and Rescue Service says it was alerted to the fire on the German-flagged vessel, the Annika, on Friday morning. The tanker was carrying about 640 metric tons of oil. A rescue boat picked up the crew members about an hour later. A tugboat at the scene worked to cool the outer plating of the Annika. Authorities decided to have it towed it to the nearby port city of Rostock to continue extinguishing the blaze.