Authorities say a fire that broke out on board an oil tanker off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast has been extinguished. The blaze didn’t spread to the ship’s load.

An oil tanker caught fire off the Baltic Sea coast of northern Germany early on Friday, and all seven crew members on board at the time were taken ashore, maritime rescue services said in a statement.

Fire broke out on board a small oil tanker off Germany Friday, with seven crew rescued from the burning vessel in the Baltic Sea, emergency services said.

German authorities say a fire broke out in the engine room of an oil tanker off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast and all seven crew members were rescued.

Maritime rescue services and firefighters in Germany's Baltic Sea have extinguished a fire on an oil tanker and brought the vessel safely into the port of Rostock, the city authorities said on Saturday.

The oil tanker which caught fire off Germany's Baltic Sea coast on Friday did not suffer any visible damage to its hull as a result of the fire, the water police has confirmed. Divers inspected the exterior of the 73-metre-long tanker Annika on Saturday.

Investigations into the cause of a fire on board a German oil tanker that prompted a major rescue operation are to be delayed until Monday, authorities have confirmed. The 73-metre Annika was towed to the northern port of Rostock by two tugboats after a blaze broke out on Friday off Germany's Baltic Sea coast.