A boat ran aground and began to burn off Landskrona on Wednesday evening. One person was rescued with the help of a Danish rescue helicopter, reports Helsingborgs Dagblad.
The alarm came in to the Air and Sea Rescue Center at 19.47. The Coast Guard, rescue services, and the Danish rescue helicopter, which was in the area for exercise, participated in the rescue.
The fire is burning on board and he was hanging on the outside of the boat. He has been salvaged and is being transported to the hospital. Then we will continue with firefighting, said Pontus Svensson, sea rescue leader at JRCC, to HD.
The fire on the boat was extinguished around 20.15. There is no information about personal injuries.
