The Orkney Image Library
No: 3019 Contributor: Bruce Flett Year: 1999
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The multitank Ascania which caught fire in the pentland firth.The vessel was carrying 1750 metric tonnes of vinyl acetate.Which resulted in several hundred people being evacuated from the Caithness coast.
Picture added on 20 May 2007