Fire breaks out in Germany's Europa-Park theme park

A fire broke out on Saturday at the Europa-Park theme park in south-west Germany.

The blaze began around the attraction called "The Pirates of Batavia," the theme park said via Twitter.

"The fire is still expanding quickly," a local fire department employee said. "We still don't have the situation under control."

Authorities were battling to prevent the blaze from spreading to other attractions at the park in the small town of Rust, near the French border.

The Scandinavian theme area has already been evacuated, the amusement park said.

There were no injuries reported in the incident, the police said.