An electric car has been linked to a fire on a cargo ship in the North Sea which killed one person and forced others to jump overboard.

Authorities warned the blaze, which began on Tuesday night off the Dutch coast on the 199-metre Panama-registered Fremantle Highway, “could burn for days” despite efforts to extinguish it.

Rescue ships sprayed water onto the burning boat in an attempt to cool it down. It was towed out of shipping lanes and a salvage vessel was hooked on to stop it from drifting.

The ship was carrying nearly 3,000 vehicles in total en route from Germany to Egypt when the fire broke out.

One crew member died in the flames and several were injured, with at least seven people jumping overboard in a bid to escape the quickly-spreading flames, before being rescued.

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