Grimaldi’s Grande Brasile evacuated in Dover Strait after second fire breaks out
- Original fire extinguished on vehicle deck of 56,000 gt ro-ro cargoship but second fire later ignited
- All 28 crew members evacuated by vessel’s own lifeboat and transferred to Ramsgate by local lifeboat
- A Smit Salvage tug is expected to arrive on site later today to board the vessel
UK’s Maritime Coastguard Agency said Grande Brasile’s crew were evacuated 12 nautical miles south of the port of Ramsgate and were picked up by a tug that had been assisting
