Authorities in Spain have been dispatched to assist the Grimaldi Lines car carrier, Grande Europa, after it caught fire in the Mediterranean on Wednesday.
The 1998-built Grande Europa was en-route from Salerno, Italy to Valencia, Spain when the fire broke out approximately 25 miles south of Palma de Mallorca in the Mediterranean.
Fifteen crewmembers were evacuated from the ship by helicopter and the ship was towed to Palma Bay port.
The incident follows a fire in March aboard the Grimaldi Lines roll-on/roll-off containership Grande America in the Bay of Biscay, which resulted in the ship’s sinking.
