On this day, 35 years ago, on April 7, 1990 (March 12, 1990 in the lunar calendar), a Danish ferry caught fire and exploded. Danish ferry that caught fire in the North Sea At about 2 a.m. on April 7, 1990, the Danish "Scandinavian Star" ferry suddenly crashed and caught fire while sailing in the Skagerrak Strait in the North Sea. Norway, Denmark, Sweden and other countries immediately dispatched helicopters, ships and firefighters to the scene to rescue. The burning ferry was towed into Lusecher, Sweden at 11 o'clock that night and the fire became even more fierce. An explosion occurred early the next morning, killing more than 150 people on board. This was the deadliest shipwreck in the history of the Nordic region.