Dutch authorities began towing a ship carrying thousands of automobiles days after it started burning off the coast of the Netherlands.
Towing of the Panama-flagged Fremantle Highway, laden with almost 3,800 vehicles including nearly 500 electric cars, began in the early afternoon on Sunday, the Dutch waterways authority Rijkswaterstaat said in a statement.
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