Burning cargo ship off Dutch coast will be towed to new location

A boat hoses the burning ship (Kustwacht Nederland/Coast Guard Netherlands/AP)

Salvage crews were preparing on Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea, after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said.

Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late on Tuesday near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands, and has been blazing ever since.