At the festival in northwestern Germany, a ghost train ride caught fire, but the flames were quickly extinguished.Eleven people were injured Sunday when a ghost train ride called "Zombie" caught fire at a festival in the town of Leer in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony,

Eleven people were injured on Sunday when a ride caught fire at a bustling carnival in a town in north-eastern Germany, police said. Three people were taken to hospital with injuries after the ghost train ride went on fire at the Gallimarkt,

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.

BERLIN -- A fire broke out on an oil and chemicals tanker off Germany's Baltic Sea coast on Friday and all seven crew members were rescued, German authorities said.

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.