Eight are injured as tourist boat explodes in Costa Del Sol resort popular with British tourists

Eight people were injured in a ‘tourist boat’ explosion on a ‘tourist boat’ in Fuengirola Costa del Sol Resort.

Three of the wounded continued to be described as serious wounds and taken to hospital.

The incident occurred locally described as a tourism boat, the motorized boat was separated from the marina in Fuengirola. It is not yet clear whether any British citizen is hurt.

Images from the stage, the marina firefighters, jet ski and other boats in the natives, hard passengers to help and help to extinguish the fire after the nearest point in the dry area showed flames.

The alarm stolen around 12.20 in this afternoon, and several witnesses, who called emergency services as a black smoke feather, rose to the air that could be clearly visible from nearby beaches.

It was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.

A fisherman working in the region told a local article: ‘It was an open boat made of polyester, which is a very bad combination with fuel because it burns very quickly.’ The boat sank as a result of the fire on the ship.

As an investigation into the incident began, the area where it landed down is now sealed.

Fuengirola Town Hall said in this afternoon: ‘Rescue and life -saving service, fire and Fuengirola’s local police and civilian guard, today, today close to the mouth of the port of the marina of a boat responded to a fire.

“ There was an explosion for reasons that were still uncertain and the boat took fire. In a few minutes, the rescue workers from the rescue service reached the crew and brought them to security.

‘A total of eight people were on board. They were all injured, three were taken seriously and placed in the care of emergency medical intervention teams. ‘As a result of the explosion, the boat sank and the authorities from the Andalusian Ports Agency closely follow the situation to evaluate the need for anti -shedding measures.’

Four British rescued in September last year before the engine yachts fred up before the Menorcan Capital Mahon sank. The fire broke out in the engine room before spreading the rest of the ship.

The dramatic images published at that time, a large black smoke feather rose to the air, high -pressure water jets trying to extinguish the fire with the coast guard officials showed.

Emergency response teams initially planned to attract the 40 FT boat to Mahon Port, so that the firefighters could handle the fire with more sophisticated equipment. However, the coastal security guards finally decided to remove the sea more to minimize the risk of explosion.

In June last year, a British couple was injured in a boat explosion in Mayorka. On June 16, they were taken to hospital with second degree burns after the incident in Palma Port.

Three of the wounded continued to be described as serious wounds and taken to hospital

The 44 -year -old male and 30 -year -old woman was said to have used the engine of a zodiac semi -hard boat when the explosion occurred and sent to the water.

In addition, another ship fired as a result. In addition to burns on their faces and arms, the wounded couple suffered less serious burns on other parts of their bodies.

Five days ago, a British holiday producer was among the three injured when a boat exploded in a pleasure port in Cabo Roig, near Torrevija in Costa Blanca.

37 -year -old, face burns after experiencing a 31 -year -old Lithuanian woman with a woman ran to Torrevija Hospital.

A third person, a 34 -year -old Spanish man was sent to a hospital in Valencia after he suffered serious burning injuries.

The police later described the incident as an accident, but then they said they were still investigating.

The shots showed good Samaritans, who ran towards the point where the explosion occurred after seeing a flame ball rising to the air.

The unnamed Spanish man, who was heavily wounded by three losses, was defined as a locally cleansing worker.

He suffered serious burns in the lower half of his body.