Overview
- Crew members spotted smoke at the Göhren pier on Rügen just before a sightseeing trip to the chalk cliffs.
- The five-member crew brought 24 passengers ashore and then smothered an engine-room fire using carbon dioxide flooding.
- Police said the blaze started at an exhaust or vent shaft in the engine room and no one was hurt.
- The passenger ship Mönchgut has been taken out of service and towed to a regional shipyard for inspection and repairs.
- Investigators are working to determine the cause, and no timeline has been given for the vessel’s return to service.